ADVISORY/Marcella P. Mazzucca, Director of Global Marketing and Media Relations for Sybari Software, Inc., is available today for comment on new vbs virus, Mawanella in the wild.Business/Technology Editors ADVISORY... EAST NORTHPORT, NY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 17, 2001 Sybari Software VIRUS ATTACHMENT NAME --------------------- Mawanella.vbs, VBS/VBSWG-Z, VBSWG VBSWG VBScript Worm Generator VBSWG Visual Basic Script Worm Generator .Z VIRUS DESCRIPTION This Visual Basic Script (language) Visual BASIC Script - (VBScript) Microsoft's scripting language which is an extension of their Visual Basic language. VBScript can be used with Microsoft Office applications and others. It can also be embedded in web pages but can only be understood by Internet Explorer. worm propagates via Microsoft Outlook only. It sends itself out as an email attachment "Mawanella.vbs." This email has the subject header "Mawanella." After the worm sends out the email or if the infected system does not have Microsoft Outlook installed, the worm displays message boxes. Marcella P. Mazzucca, Director of Global Marketing and Media Relations for Sybari Software, Inc., is available today to discuss this latest virus, providing insight on: - What could have been done to prevent the spread - How companies can protect themselves from viruses prior to virus definitions being available - What companies should do if their networks are or become infected - What other kinds of intrusions are likely to strike corporations Please contact Marcella directly at (732) 530-3925 or via e-mail at Marcella@sybari.com . ABOUT SYBARI Since 1995, Sybari has the led the market in providing innovative solutions for groupware-based viruses and security threats. Today, over 4.5 million seats of Microsoft Exchange/Outlook and Lotus Domino/Notes are virus-free as a direct result of Sybari's Antigen technology. Sybari's Antigen goes unsurpassed in providing protection of corporate messaging environments. Antigen's unique architecture institutes a preemptive line of defense from viruses and malicious code. Antigen for Microsoft Exchange and Antigen for Lotus Domino are distributed in more than 50 countries through their worldwide offices and distribution network. Sybari is headquartered in E.Northport, New York Northport is a village in Suffolk County, New York on the North Shore of Long Island. As of the United States 2000 Census, the village population was 7,606. Students attend the Northport-East Northport Union Free School District. with its International headquarters in Madrid, Spain. Sybari's clients include IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Dell, Compaq, Merrill Lynch, JD Power, Amazon.com, Nortel, Visa, Tosco, Lufthansa, US Federal Government, Union Pacific, Getronics, Target, Mayo Foundation, Eastman Chemical, Con Edison, Sony, Texaco, Cable & Wireless, and Deloitte & Touche. Evaluation copies of Antigen for Notes or Exchange are available for download from the Sybari Web site3/4http://www.sybari.com. Sybari's many strategic partners include Lotus Development (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :IBM), Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade ), Computer Associates (NYSE:CA), Compaq (NYSE:CPQ CPQ Compaq CPQ Conseil du Patronat du Québec (Canada) CPQ Configure-Price-Quote CPQ Conseil de Presse du Québec (Québec Press Council, Canada) CPQ Companion Parrot Quarterly ), and Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq:SUNW SUNW Sun Microsystems, Inc (former stock symbol; now JAVA) SUNW Stanford University Network Workstation (Sun Microsystems, Inc) ). Other products and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. |
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