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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