Central Command Warns of New Variant of Internet Worm Infecting the World.MEDINA, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 1, 1999-- Central Command and Kaspersky Lab Kaspersky Lab is a computer security company, co-founded by Natalia Kaspersky and Eugene Kaspersky in 1997, offering antivirus, anti-spyware, anti-spam, and anti-intrusion products. announce the discovery of a variant of I-Worm.ZippedFiles named I-Worm.ZippedFiles.packed has been discovered in the wild. Computer users are advised to update their antivirus software See antivirus program. (tool) antivirus software - Programs to detect and remove computer viruses. The simplest kind scans executable files and boot blocks for a list of known viruses. to be protected. I-Worm.Zippedfiles.packed is different from the original I-Worm.Zippedfiles worm in that it is compressed with an application compression utility See archive program. named Neolite. The use of the utility Neolite has allowed this worm to be missed by most virus scanners. "Unfortunately, we have seen this worm get into the wild. I-Worm.Zippedfiles.packed travels through e-mail by sending infected e-mail messages using Microsoft Outlook For the e-mail and news client bundled with certain versions of Microsoft Windows, see . Microsoft Outlook or Outlook (full name Microsoft Office Outlook and Outlook Express," said Keith Peer, President of Central Command Inc. "The original worm I-Worm.Zippedfiles as well as this new variant can cause serious destruction to data. This worm when activated will search for and destroy Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations and source code files for Assembler, C and C++ on all hard drives from C to Z." The worm installs itself on the computers by placing an infected file EXPLORER.EXE in Windows system folder (c:\windows\system) or _SETUP.EXE Exe (ĕks), river, c.55 mi (90 km) long, rising in the Exmoor, Somerset, SW England, and flowing S across the Cornwall peninsula, past Exeter to the English Channel at Exmouth. in Windows folder (c:\windows). In both installations the worm changes the configuration file WIN.INI ("run="command) in order to start itself every time at Windows started. Detection and removal for the I-Worm.Zippedfiles.packed has been added to an emergency update of AntiViral antiviral /an·ti·vi·ral/ (-vi´ral) destroying viruses or suppressing their replication, or an agent that so acts. an·ti·vi·ral adj. Toolkit Pro (AVP AVP arginine vasopressin. ) anti-virus database. AVP is the first antivirus product to actively remove this advanced worm without the need for an emergency diskette The official name for the floppy disk. See floppy disk. diskette - floppy disk or rescue diskette. A free fully functional time limited evaluation is available from Central Command at http://www.avp.com More information can be found about I-Worm.Zippedfiles.packed in the AntiViral Toolkit Pro Virus Encyclopedia at http://www.avpve.com About Central Command: Central Command Inc. is a privately held international company with headquarters in Medina, Ohio, USA. Founded in 1990 the company specializes in anti-virus protection products and focuses on serving the industrial market place, government, financial, educational institutions and service industries. About Kaspersky Lab: Kaspersky Lab is an international company with offices in Moscow, Russia and Cambridge, UK. Founded in 1992 it has concentrated in development of world-class antivirus technologies and software. |
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