From; Sophos Alert System: Name: W32/Bropia-G Aliases: IM-Worm.Win32.Bropia.n; W32/Kelvir.worm.f Type: Win32 worm Date: 8 March 2005 A virus identity (IDE) file which provides protection is available now from the Sophos website, and will be incorporated into the April 2005 (3.92) release of Sophos Anti-Virus. Customers using EM Library, PureMessage or any of our Sophos small business solutions will be automatically protected at their next scheduled update. At the time of writing, Sophos has received a small number of reports of this worm from the wild. Information about W32/Bropia-G can be found at: http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32bropiag.html This IDE file also includes detection for: W32/Rbot-XD http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32rbotxd.html W32/Forbot-ES http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32forbotes.html W32/Forbot-ET http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32forbotet.html W32/Myfip-J http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32myfipj.html W32/Rbot-XF http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32rbotxf.html Download the IDE file from: http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/bropia-g.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"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
