from; Sophos Alert System: Name: W32/NetskyP-Dam Aliases: WORM_NETSKY.DAM Type: Win32 worm Date: 8 April 2004 A virus identity (IDE) file which provides protection is available now from the Sophos website, and will be incorporated into the May 2004 (3.81) release of Sophos Anti-Virus. Enterprise Manager and PureMessage customers will be automatically protected at their next scheduled update. Sophos has received several reports of this worm from the wild. Information about W32/NetskyP-Dam can be found at: http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32netskypdam.html This IDE file also includes detection for: W32/Nyxem-B http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32nyxemb.html W32/Agobot-FU http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32agobotfu.html W32/SdBot-CK http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32sdbotck.html W32/SdBot-CJ http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32sdbotcj.html W32/Musanub-A http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32musanuba.html Troj/Sdbot-JC http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojsdbotjc.html Troj/Femad-L http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojfemadl.html W32/SdBot-CL http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32sdbotcl.html Troj/StartPa-BT http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojstartpabt.html Download the IDE file from: http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/netspdam.ide Download all the IDE files available for the current version of Sophos Anti-Virus in a single compressed file. The file is available in two formats: Zip file: http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/ides.zip Self-extracting file: http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/ides.exe Read about how to use IDE files at http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/using.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike ~ It is a good day if I learned something new. Editor MikesWhatsNews see a sample on my web page http://www3.telus.net/mikebike <mikeswhatsnews-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=subscribe> http://www3.telus.net/mikebike/worm_removal.htm See my Anti-Virus pages http://virusinfo.hackfix.org/index <virusinfo-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=subscribe> A Technical Support Alliance and OWTA Charter Member
