This one won't come through your e-mail, so your e-mail gateway anti-virus scanner won't see it.
Again, one more reason you shouldn't be running Windows on a live Internetwork. Patch up! Regards, Mark Tinka Technical Manager, Africa Online Swaziland -----Original Message----- From: Sophos Alert System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2004 10:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Are you running the latest Microsoft patches? Sasser internet worm spreading 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------- This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
