> 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, > German, Spanish and Japanese. > > http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/infofeed/ > > > > Sophos technical support
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