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PRESS
RELEASE
Oslo, 11 March 2004
Yet another worm detected
by Norman Data Defense Systems' unique Sandbox technology
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The new worm NetSky.M was detected by Norman SandBox like
the previous worms NetSky.B, Bagle.B and MyDoom.B. This
means that users of Norman Virus Control were protected
from this threat even before new virus signature files
were published.
The Internet worm NetSky.M is - as of this writing - the
latest version of the series of NetSky worms distributed
on the Internet during a very active period of worm
attacks. This variant was detected and removed by Noman
SandBox - a technology detecting dangerous code before
virus signatures have been released. The increased
activities lately from malicious programs may look like an
ongoing war between different virus writers fighting each
other. One side effect of this "war" is that innocent
bystanders - end users and organizations - are getting
loads of infected emails.
The virus war seems to have started late January.
The worm MyDoom generated the first round of attacks
causing massive global disruption. The next to follow was
the worms Bagle and NetSky. Common for all these was they
were containing messages to the rival worm writers. The
worms contained strings like: "be aware! Skynet.cz - -->AntiHacker
Crew<--" (Netsky.D).
Norman Data Defense Systems mission is to protect its
customers as efficient and fast as possible. The
traditional way of doing this is by releasing
signature-based virus protection as soon as possible after
an outbreak. This, of course, is a reaction to an
unidentified virus or worm that has already had some time
to circulate before a signature is released to stop it.
The goal in the war against these damaging activities
should be to be pro-active - stop the malware before it
hits any user. Norman SandBox technology is a pro-active
technique stopping new and unknown viruses, worms and
Trojans.
The increase of new attacks seen on the Internet shows the
importance and need for this kind of protection.
Norman Data Defense Systems will continue to increase the
Sandbox’s ability to detect new malware, to continuously
protect users of Norman’s security programs in the best
possible way!
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For further
information, please contact
SAV25
Data Systems
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