[virusinfo] Are you running the latest Microsoft patches? Sasser internet worm spreading
- From: "Mike" <mikebike@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: virusinfo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 01 May 2004 19:12:17 -0700
From; Sophos Alert System:
ARE YOU RUNNING THE LATEST MICROSOFT SECURITY PATCHES?
- Sasser internet worm spreading
Sophos is advising customers to ensure they are
running the latest security patches from Microsoft
as the Sasser worm infects internet users.
The Sasser worm does not spread via email, but exploits
a critical security vulnerability in versions of Microsoft
Windows.
A detailed analysis of W32/Sasser-A is available at:
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32sassera.html
More information about W32/Sasser-A, and the Microsoft
security vulnerability it exploits, can be found at:
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/articles/sasser.html
Information from Microsoft about the Sasser worm and the
security vulnerability can be found at:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.asp
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms04-011.mspx
Home users who do not know if their computers are running
the latest Microsoft security patches should visit the
Microsoft WindowsUpdate website:
http://www.windowsupdate.microsoft.com
Sophos issued protection against the W32/Sasser-A worm at
06:30 GMT on 1 May 2004. Customers using Enterprise Manager
or the Sophos Anti-Virus Small Business Edition were
automatically protected at their next scheduled update.
PCs which are secured behind properly configured firewalls
should not be affected by the Sasser worm.
ADDITIONAL STEPS:
Update your corporate anti-virus now so that you can detect
and prevent the Sasser worm. If you do not have procedures
for rapid updates, implement them now, because you are sure
to need them again. Sophos Enterprise Manager is the recommended
way to help automate protection updates inside your enterprise.
If you are a small business you should consider Sophos's
small business solutions to ensure automatically updated
protection.
http://www.sophos.com/products/em/
http://www.sophos.com/products/small_business/
If you have not already done so, sign-up for free automatic
notification of every new virus found in the wild.
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/notifications/
Educate your users, and keep yourself constantly aware, of
the latest virus threats by adding a free virus info feed
on your website or intranet. Once added to your site the
info feed requires no maintenace and is automatically kept
up-to-date with information about the very latest virus alerts.
As well as English, the feeds are also available in French,
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http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/infofeed/
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