ADVISORY/Expert Source: Captus Network's CEO Richard Helgeson Available to Explore How 'Goner' Worm Threatens Havoc through Denial of Service Attacks.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

ADVISORY...

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

WHAT    A new computer worm named "Goner" began quickly spreading
        through corporate and personal e-mail inboxes today. The Goner
        worm deletes system files and clogs networks by launching
        Denial of Service (DoS) attacks.

        Goner propagates itself to other computers through the
        Internet or other networks, and is affecting users of
        Microsoft Corp.'s Outlook and Outlook Express. The Goner worm
        arrives in an attachment masquerading as a screensaver which,
        when opened, infects the victim's PC by attempting to stop a
        variety of anti-virus and security applications. If
        successful, the worm deletes all the files in the folders
        containing those applications.

        Besides Outlook users, people using the ICQ instant messaging
        system and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) are susceptible to the
        worm because files can be transferred across those networks.

        In the case of IRC, the Goner worm installs a backdoor program
        linked to the popular mIRC program. This backdoor can be used
        to execute Denial of Service attacks against IRC servers.

WHO     Richard Helgeson, president and CEO of Captus Networks, has
        some valuable insights into the mechanism and destructiveness
        of Denial of Service attacks. Helgeson is an expert with more
        than 25 years of management experience in the network security
        and technology fields. Since February of this year, he has
        overseen the strong growth of Captus Networks, a supplier of
        advanced hardware and software products that protect networks
        from hacker-launched DoS attacks that attempt to overwhelm Web
        servers by flooding them with requests for information.

WHY     Network security is a mission-critical function in business. A
        secure, highly available network can mean the difference
        between success and failure for companies. Malicious DoS
        attacks underscore the need for comprehensive security
        strategies. With the rapid rise of DoS attacks, secure network
        infrastructures are an increasingly important requirement for
        companies that are migrating business-critical applications to
        the Web.