Re: Virus uptick?

["Scott A. McIntyre" <scott () xs4all net>]

--On Thursday, September 18, 2003 10:45 -0400 William Warren 
<hescominsoon () adelphia net> wrote:

> I have noticed suddenly my virus filter catching more of those exact same
> messages here in the last 24 hours.
>
> David Lesher wrote:
>
> > I'm suddenly getting 3-4x the "M$ patch" and "bounced mail"
> > virus attacks as compared to 2-3 days ago.


It's called Swen-A, but some anti-virus vendors seem to place it in the 
Gibe class as well.

<http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp?id=description&virus_k=100662>
<http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_100662.htm>
<http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.swen.a () mm html>
<http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=WORM_SWEN.
A>


Regards,

Scott A. McIntyre
XS4ALL Internet B.V.