Steve's Homepage
http://www.steves-homepage.co.uk/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi
General Chatter >> The Lounge >> Medium Risk Virus Alert - WORM_WALLON.A
http://www.steves-homepage.co.uk/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?num=1084315686

Message started by crobin57 on May 11th, 2004, 11:48pm

Title: Medium Risk Virus Alert - WORM_WALLON.A
Post by crobin57 on May 11th, 2004, 11:48pm

Hi m8's  ;D

Here we go again; I had 2 emails one from Trend Micro Systems and at the same time 1 from Microsoft.

Trend First:

As of May 11, 2004, 8:54 AM (GMT -07:00; Daylight Saving Time),
TrendLabs has declared a Medium Risk Virus Alert to control the spread of
WORM_WALLON.A. TrendLabs has received Several infection reports indicating
that this malware is spreading in Germany and EMEA.

This mass-mailing worm exploits certain vulnerabilities found on
Windows systems.
More information about these vulnerabilities can be found on the
following Web sites:

MS04-004:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms04-004.mspx
http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=MS_IE_VULNERABILITIES

MS04-013:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms04-013.mspx
http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=MS04-013_MS_OUTLOOK_EXPRESS

This worm exploits these vulnerabilities in order to download various
files into the infected system.


TrendLabs will be releasing the following EPS deliverables:

           TMCM Outbreak Prevention Policy 114
           Official Pattern Release 889
           Damage Cleanup Template 341


For more information on WORM_WALLON.A, you can visit our Web site at:

http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=WORM_WALLON.A

You can modify subscription settings for Trend Micro newsletters at:

http://www.trendmicro.com/subscriptions/default.asp


________________________________________________________________________


Ok there is a link for Microsoft usefull it will scan for Sasser Varriants from this link http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.asp Half way down the page there is a

"Check my PC for Infections".

Steve's Homepage » Powered by YaBB 2.1!
YaBB © 2000-2005. All Rights Reserved.