Security news
Security news1 March 2004
Netsky-E discovered. Sophos researchers protect against another variant of worm
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As the W32/Netsky-D worm continues to generate a large number of emails across the internet, Sophos anti-virus researchers have discovered yet another variant of the worm: W32/Netsky-E.
Like its predecessors, W32/Netsky-E spreads via email and shared network drives but does not appear to be causing as much havoc.
"Whoever is behind the Netsky worms is hell bent on causing as much chaos as possible," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos. "They have deliberately released new versions of their virus, tweaked to try and avoid detection by anti-virus software. Computer users should heed the warning and be wary of any unsolicited email attachment."
Sophos has already published protection against the new variant, which at the time of writing is still being analysed. Sophos Enterprise Manager and PureMessage customers are automatically protected at their next scheduled update.
