Dr. Web
12-19-2001, 06:50 PM
By Wendy McAuliffe and Graeme Wearden
ZDNet (UK)
December 19, 2001 10:34 AM PT
A mass-mailing Internet worm that purports to offer New Year greetings was spreading rapidly Wednesday, and is rumored to be the big Christmas virus that antivirus companies have been gearing up for.
The first copy of the virus was detected at 7:23am GMT by security firm MessageLabs and is said to have originated from South Africa. By using a number of aliases, the e-mail worm has spread virulently throughout the day. MessageLabs has detected 925 incidents of the worm at an Internet level to date, from a number of countries across the globe.
"This won't be as big as Goner, but it is likely to be the biggest Christmas virus," said Alex Shipp, antivirus technology expert at MessageLabs.
ZDNet (UK)
December 19, 2001 10:34 AM PT
A mass-mailing Internet worm that purports to offer New Year greetings was spreading rapidly Wednesday, and is rumored to be the big Christmas virus that antivirus companies have been gearing up for.
The first copy of the virus was detected at 7:23am GMT by security firm MessageLabs and is said to have originated from South Africa. By using a number of aliases, the e-mail worm has spread virulently throughout the day. MessageLabs has detected 925 incidents of the worm at an Internet level to date, from a number of countries across the globe.
"This won't be as big as Goner, but it is likely to be the biggest Christmas virus," said Alex Shipp, antivirus technology expert at MessageLabs.