Green Apple has received notices on mutations on several mass-mailing worms: Beagle, Netsky, and MyDoom.

All these worms tend to spread through email means, LAN shared drives, and also peer-to-peer networks, e.g. Kazaa. Their respective latest mutations are: Beagle.K, Netsky.G, MyDoom.H.

Beagle is a mass-mailing worm which has its own SMTP engine to send out mails found in the victims' address books and locally cached Internet files. If infected, Beagle will install a backdoor in the machine that will allow attackers to have full access to the victim's computer.

In response to these worms outbreaks, Green Apple has blocked emails with the worm signature at the mail servers.

If you believe your computer is infected and could use help, please do not hesitate to give us a call. As always, Green Apple users are welcome to bring in their machines for virus scans and virus removals.

Related Links

For more information on Beagle, please visit
   http://www.greenapple.com/support/security/pc-sentry/beagle.htm

For more information on NetSky, please visit
    http://www.greenapple.com/support/security/pc-sentry/netsky.htm

For more information on MyDoom, please visit
    http://www.greenapple.com/support/security/pc-sentry/mydoom.htm

For more information on viruses in general and prevention techniques, please see
    http://www.greenapple.com/support/library/virus-faq.htm
 

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