ADVISORY/Experts Available To Discuss E-Mail Worm Disguised as Error Message.

Business Editors

ADVISORY...

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

TOPIC: An e-mail worm is clogging corporate networks, especially those using Microsoft Windows operating systems, according to an article by The Associated Press. The worm, which has been called "Mydoom" or "Novarg," has the capability of sending 100 infected e-mails in 30 seconds. The worm installs a program that leaves computers vulnerable to hackers. The emails are disguised as normal error messages in an effort to get the recipient to open them. Experts say antivirus software can prevent computers from being infected by this worm.

EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story:

Mike Paquette, vice president of marketing and product development for Top Layer Networks, has a strong background in the areas of network security, Internet bandwidth management, and network architecture. His expertise includes corporate intrusion prevention, online security threats such as viruses and worms, and network architecture. He has been a panelist and chair at the Cyber Security Summit for Financial Services Sector, a "Top 5" presenter at IBAND, and a repeat security speaker at the ASP Forum. Paquette has delivered technical presentations on network technology and performance testing of network security products around the world. Before joining Top Layer Networks, he was a Senior Engineering Manager at Digital Equipment Corporation in the Network Product Group. He has more than 18 years of networking and security experience with an extensive background in the design and development of networking and security products. 508-870-1300 [e-mail] PR Contact: Matt Flanagan 617-758-4141 [e-mail]

Mikko Hypponen is manager of Anti-Virus Research at F-Secure Corporation, and has worked at the company since 1991, when the company was just three years old. A well-known and widely respected figure in the information security industry, Hypponen frequently contributes to various antivirus and security-related magazines and discussion groups. He also spends a big part of his time evangelizing on antivirus and other security issues, making a knowledgeable and articulate resource for editors on short deadline. His research team at F-Secure was the first to locate, analyze and build protection against the LoveLetter virus, the largest virus incident in the world, in April 2000. Hypponen is a graduate of the Institute of Information Technology in Helsinki, Finland. He has been a member of CARO, the Computer Anti-Virus Researchers Organization, since 1995. F-Secure Corporation is the leading provider of centrally managed security solutions for the mobile enterprise. PR Contact: Marie Clark 415-464-8110 [e-mail]

Roger Thompson, of PestPatrol, Inc., is a first-generation anti virus person, having started his own scanner development company in Australia in 1987. In 1991, he moved that company to the US, and eventually sold it to On Technology in 1996. Until 2003, he was employed as the Director of Malicious Code Research for TruSecure, primarily responsible for providing early warning of, and analysis of emerging malicious code threats. He is on the advisory board for Virus Bulletin and the WildList, is a frequent speaker at security conferences around the world, and is often quoted in the press on matters of malicious code. PR Contact: Barb Rose 717-243-6588 [e-mail]

ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue.

ExpertSource provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. Journalists are encouraged to submit queries to ExpertSource when seeking experts on specific subjects. An online registration form is available at http://www.businesswire.com/.