New Worm Shuts Down Antivirus Shields
NU Online News Service, March 2, 12:14 p.m., EST?Agents and home offices using virus protection may have their defenses penetrated by a new "worm" recently detected by Moscow, Russia-based Kaspersky Lab.[@@]
Kaspersky, a security content management company, said it has detected a number of variants of Email-Worm.Win32.Bagle. A worm is a destructive program that can reproduce itself and make a computer slow down significantly or stop.
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