New E-Mail Worm Targets Hole in Internet Explorer

Thu Sep 18, 7:44 PM ET
Technology - Reuters 

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Anti-virus companies warned on Thursday 
of a new computer worm circulating through e-mail that purports to 
be security software from Microsoft Corp. but actually tries to 
disable security programs that are already running.    

The worm, dubbed "Swen" or "Gibe," takes advantage of a two-year-old 
hole in Internet Explorer and affects systems that have not installed 
a patch for that security hole, according to Internet security 
company Network Associates Inc.. 

The malicious program arrives as an attachment to an e-mail 
pretending to contain a patch for holes in Internet Explorer, 
Outlook and Outlook Express and then mails itself off to addresses 
located on the victim's computer. 

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