Attack From Latest E-Mail Virus Thwarted by Control Data.ARDEN HILLS, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 11, 1999-- Control Data's quick response shut down the threat of the latest E-mail-borne virus to its worldwide messaging customers. The company's software patch detects the virus, called W32/ExploreZip.worm worm, common name for various unrelated invertebrate animals with soft, often long and slender bodies. Members of the phylum Platyhelminthes, or the flatworms, are the most primitive; they are generally small and flat-bodied and include the free-living planarians (of , as it enters the messaging server as E-mail, isolating i·so·late tr.v. i·so·lat·ed, i·so·lat·ing, i·so·lates 1. To set apart or cut off from others. 2. To place in quarantine. 3. an infected in·fect tr.v. in·fect·ed, in·fect·ing, in·fects 1. To contaminate with a pathogenic microorganism or agent. 2. To communicate a pathogen or disease to. 3. To invade and produce infection in. message before it is sent to user desktops. Earlier this year, the company responded with a similar quick fix to stop the Melissa and Papa viruses for customers such as the U.S. Department of Transportation. "We are gratified grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. that our solutions and response to these new, insidious insidious /in·sid·i·ous/ (-sid´e-us) coming on stealthily; of gradual and subtle development. in·sid·i·ous adj. Being a disease that progresses with few or no symptoms to indicate its gravity. attacks are protecting our customers and their key infrastructures," said Robert Booker, vice president of Control Data's security program. "Our customers tell us that good E-mail hygiene requires more than virus detection software. Large-scale E-mail solutions are a critical infrastructure component and require infrastructure-level protection." Control Data offers secure enterprise messaging software, such as the eMail Sentinel message switch and IntraStore Server for Internet messaging. In addition, the company offers secure, full-spectrum E-mail outsourcing (1) Contracting with outside consultants, software houses or service bureaus to perform systems analysis, programming and datacenter operations. Contrast with insourcing. See netsourcing, ASP, SSP and facilities management. services. Booker leads Control Data's comprehensive security consulting and integration program, which is designed to help organizations protect internal information assets as well as global communications and transactions with their customers and partners. Control Data Systems, Inc., is a global information technology company that delivers enterprise Internet and systems integration solutions, and E-Commerce outsourcing services. For more information, call 1-888-742-5864 (U.S. and Canada) or 1-651-415-4401 (worldwide). Visit our Web site at http://www.cdc.com. |
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