IMlogic Threat Center reports Kelvir-ASVID worm is propagating over Microsoft Office Communicator, MSN Messenger and Windows Messenger, causing widespread infection of Windows machines.offers immediate guidelines guidelines, n.pl a set of standards, criteria, or specifications to be used or followed in the performance of certain tasks. for protection
WHAT: Industry leader IMlogic (www.imlogic.com) is warning
customers that the Kelvir-ASVID worm is spreading and causing
widespread infection of Windows machines. The Kelvir-ASVID
worm is propagating over Microsoft Office Communicator, MSN
Messenger and Windows Messenger clients to distribute
malicious messages, and has been detected on the MSN public IM
network and Microsoft Live Communications Server deployments.
This worm sends one of the following messages to all the users
on the MSN/LCS buddy list of an infected user:
OMFG!! you've got to see this !!
http://ofuscatedurl/download.php?sid=lHTDFCkODf&dl=2707&do=download
LMAO, you gotta see this!!!
http://ofuscatedurl//download.php?sid=e&dl=2330&do=download
IMlogic automatically protects customers against emerging IM
threats by providing the industry's first predictive
threat protection through the recently announced IMlogic
Real-Time Threat Protection System to automatically
quarantine and block IM virus outbreaks before they occur.
IMlogic also provides its customers with automatic
security policy updates to IMlogic IM Manager from the
IMlogic Threat Center, the industry's first and leading IM
& P2P threat center.
IMlogic recommends organizations strengthen additional
security protections by ensuring all desktop antivirus
solutions are updated, the latest security patches have
been applied to all desktop systems, and that all
out-of-date IM clients have been blocked from accessing
the relevant IM networks. Organizations should also
leverage their current firewall security products to block
unwanted peer-to-peer and chat technologies.
WHO: Experts from the IMlogic Threat Center can speak with
technology and business reporters, industry analysts,
enterprises, partners or anyone concerned about the impact of
this threat. IMlogic can also offer commentary involving
increased risk from IM worms, viruses and other security
threats related to the growing popularity of IM use within
enterprise.
MORE INFO: Learn more at IMlogic's Threat Center:
http://www.imlogic.com/im_threat_center/index.asp.
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