Netsky.V on the loose
p2pnet.net News:- Netsky still Rulz and if you believe the latest mainstream stories, has the Net gritting its metaphorical teeth, ready (or not, depending on which report you read) for more onslaughts.
The latest Netsky iteration of the “hugely effective Netsky series of worms” is “spreading without the use of an attachment,” says PC World here.
“Slipping past many e-mail gateways, it can launch simply by being viewed in an e-mail program.”
Jeez!
And “Downstream victims” can indeed become infected “simply by reading an email sent by the virus,” confirms Sophos here.
Not to worry, though – as long as you’ve been paying attention to all the Microsoft warnings, patches, fixes, and so on.
“This email relies on a bug in Microsoft Outlook for which a patch has already been published,” Sophos states.
“If you have downloaded and applied up-to-date patches from Microsoft, then the exploit used by this email will not work and the email is harmless.”
