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| The number of Bagles has increased |
Experts at SophosLabs™, Sophos's global
network of virus, spyware and spam analysis centers, have warned
users to be on the lookout for new variants of the Bagle Trojan
horse which have been spammed out to internet users over the last
24 hours. Sophos is advising users to ensure their anti-virus
protection is up-to-date to protect against attacks.
Sophos has received reports of the Troj/BagleDl-AF,
Troj/BagleDl-AG,
Troj/BagleDl-AH,
Troj/BagleDl-AI,
Troj/BagleDl-AJ Trojan
horses, and users opening their email may be at risk from infection
if not properly protected.
"The Bagle Trojan horses are being distributed widely in an
attempt to infect as many people as possible," said Graham Cluley, senior
technology consultant for Sophos. "But the advice remains the same
for each: never open an unsolicited email attachment. With over
1500 new viruses, Trojans and spyware programs being discovered
every month its important for businesses to automate their virus
protection against the latest malware menaces."
The latest Bagle Trojan horses open a graphics
file when first run.
"The person or people behind this latest Bagle Trojan outbreak
are exploiting zombie networks of compromised computers to spread
their malicious code," continued Cluley. "It's vital that all
computer users ensure they have defenses in place to prevent their
PC from being taken over and abused by hackers in this way."
Sophos recommends companies protect their email with a consolidated solution to thwart the virus and spam
threats and secure their desktops and servers with automatically
updated anti-virus protection.
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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