New Internet Worm Detected
NU Online News Service, June 3, 2:52 p.m. EDT?Russia-based Kaspersky Labs in Moscow said it has detected a potentially dangerous new Internet worm, Plexus.a, which spreads via infected e-mail attachments, file-sharing networks and vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows.[@@]
A worm is a virus that replicates itself by sending itself out to other computers, using the computer systems of its victims. Kaspersky said a detailed analysis of the code confirms that the virus author used Mydoom source code as a foundation.
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