Netsky--R latest in barrage of warring worms.Sophos virus researchers are warning of a new strain of the Netsky worm, Netsky-R (W32/Netsky-R), which launches denial-of-service attacks "DoS" redirects here. For other uses, see DOS (disambiguation). A denial-of-service attack (DoS attack) is an attempt to make a computer resource unavailable to its intended users. on peer-to-peer file sharing Copying files from one computer to another. See peer-to-peer network, file sharing protocol and file and printer sharing. sites, including Kazaa, as well as various sites offering software security cracks. The mass-mailing worm spreads via email to addresses harvested from files found on local drives of infected PCs. It arrives with the subject line 'Re:Document<random number>' and includes the message text: 'Excuse me, the important document is attached, Yours sincerely'. When the attached file 'Document<random number>' is launched, Netsky-R attempts to launch a denial-of-service attack against several websites and attempts to delete a number of registry entries, including some related to the Bagle family of worms. Netsky-R is the latest variant to enter the war against the Bagle worm including an encrypted en·crypt tr.v. en·crypt·ed, en·crypt·ing, en·crypts 1. To put into code or cipher. 2. Computer Science message attacking Bagle's author and threatening further versions of the Netsky worm: 'Yes, true, you have understand it. Bagle is a shitty shit·ty adj. shit·ti·er, shit·ti·est Vulgar Slang 1. Of very poor quality; highly inferior. 2. Contemptible; despicable. 3. Unfortunate; unpleasant. 4. guy, he opens a backdoor See trapdoor. and he makes a lot of money. Netsky not, Netsky is Skynet, a good software, Good guys behind it. Believe me, or not. We will release thousands of our Skynet versions, as long as bagle is there ...' Further details about Netsky-R can be found at http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/ |
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