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From: bugtracklist at freemail.hu (B$H)
Subject: Fw: 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