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01 Mar 2004

Information about W32/Netsky and W32/Bagle internet worms

Last updated: 9 September 2004

Sophos technical support has warned users of the many different versions of the W32/Netsky and W32/Bagle worms, which are engaged in an internet skirmish, and provided instructions on how businesses can protect themselves.

Enterprise Manager and PureMessage customers were automatically protected against the worms at their regular scheduled update. Sophos's email gateway products can even detect the Bagle worm when it is password-encrypted inside a Zip or RAR file.

Protect yourself now against W32/Netsky:

Protect yourself now against W32/Bagle:

Further reading:

Sophos suggests computer users sign up for email notification of new virus threats and add a live virus information feed to their websites.

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More than 100 million users in 150 countries rely on Sophos as the best protection against complex threats and data loss. Sophos is committed to providing security and data protection solutions that are simple to manage, deploy and use and that deliver the industry's lowest total cost of ownership. Sophos offers award-winning encryption, endpoint security, web, email, and network access control solutions backed by SophosLabs - a global network of threat intelligence centers. With more than two decades of experience, Sophos is regarded as a leader in security and data protection by top analyst firms and has received many industry awards.

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