New breeds of Netsky worms emerge
Wednesday, 7 April 2004 16:44 EST
The latest versions of the Netsky e-mail worm spreading on the internet may be the work of a different author, antivirus software companies believe. Netsky.S appeared on Monday and Netsky.T was detected the following day. They are the 19th and 20th editions of an e-mail virus that first appeared in February. Unlike earlier variants, the latest strains open "back doors" on machines they infect, prompting at least one antivirus expert to declare the worm the work of a different virus author.
Network Associates' McAfee Antivirus Emergency Response Team (Avert) rated Netsky.S a "medium" threat. The company has received around 300 samples from customers and from virus-infected machines, said Avert virus research manager Craig Schmugar, adding that company has received only a few copies of Netsky.T.
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