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[c]Watch Out For New Virus[/c]
Don't Open Email From Microsoft
Swen, also called W32/Swen@MM, Gibe, and W32/Gibe-F, masquerades as E-mail from Microsoft and purports to carry a security update as its file attachment.
The worm can also propagate over Internet Relay Chat and peer-to-peer files sharing networks such as Kazaa, as well as over network shares within the firewall if a machine inside a company is infected.
"It is highly effective in spreading because it looks very official and masquerades as a legitimate E-mail from Microsoft or as a fix tool for a well-known virus," said Ken Dunham, an analyst with security firm iDefense.
Not only does Swen attempt to steal confidential information from an infected computer--leading in the most dire situation to theft of E-mail and other computer account data--but it also communicates with 230 remote IP addresses, as well as to a remote Web site to track infection.
Don't Open Email From Microsoft
Swen, also called W32/Swen@MM, Gibe, and W32/Gibe-F, masquerades as E-mail from Microsoft and purports to carry a security update as its file attachment.
The worm can also propagate over Internet Relay Chat and peer-to-peer files sharing networks such as Kazaa, as well as over network shares within the firewall if a machine inside a company is infected.
"It is highly effective in spreading because it looks very official and masquerades as a legitimate E-mail from Microsoft or as a fix tool for a well-known virus," said Ken Dunham, an analyst with security firm iDefense.
Not only does Swen attempt to steal confidential information from an infected computer--leading in the most dire situation to theft of E-mail and other computer account data--but it also communicates with 230 remote IP addresses, as well as to a remote Web site to track infection.