[pchelpers] News:New Flavor of Old Worm Crawls into Defense Department Systems

Tim Greene, Network World

Department of Defense computers have been hit with an old worm that the
DoD won't discuss other than to say it is taking steps to mitigate its
effects.

One report identified the virus as W32/SillyFCD-W, which spreads via
thumb drives that move from machine to machine. Once the virus is on a
machine, it may download other malware, according to Sophos. Protection
against the worm has been available from Sophos since April 2007.

More here:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/154371/worm_defense_dept.html?tk=rss_news
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