From; Sophos Alert System: Name: W32/Forbot-Gen Type: Win32 worm Date: 29 June 2005 Sophos has issued protection for W32/Forbot-Gen. At the time of writing, Sophos has received no reports from users affected by this worm. However, we have issued this advisory following enquiries to our support department from customers. Customers using EM Library, Enterprise Console, PureMessage or any of our Sophos small business solutions will be automatically protected at their next scheduled update. Note: The IDE issued for W32/Forbot-Gen at 11:00 GMT on 21 September 2004 also contained detection for W32/MyDoom-Gen. Detection for W32/Mytob-Fam was added on 9 May 2005. This IDE has now been updated to enhance detection of W32/Mytob-Fam. Information about W32/Forbot-Gen can be found at: http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32forbotgen.html The W32/Forbot-Gen virus identity file (IDE) includes detection for: W32/MyDoom-Gen http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32mydoomgen.html W32/Mytob-Fam http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32mytobfam.html Customers with 3.xx or lower versions of Sophos Anti-Virus, who are not running EM Library, can manually download the IDE for W32/Forbot-Gen from: http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/forbotgn.ide Read about how to use IDE files at http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/363.html *********** MIKE"S REPLY SEPARATOR *********** 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
