Announcements!: ''Happy Deathday'' to Bagle worm on 28 January, Sophos reports
"Happy Deathday" to Bagle worm on 28 January, Sophos reports
The W32/Bagel-A worm which has been making its presence felt in thousands of email inboxes worldwide is set to fall silent on Wednesday 28 January.
Virus experts at Sophos report that the Bagle worm, which has dominated reports of virus sightings since its appearance just over a week ago, has been designed to fall dormant on 28 January 2004, and will no longer spread.
"One can only wonder why the worm's author has chosen to include a 'self-suicide date' at which the worm would no longer spread, but we're delighted to wish Bagle 'happy deathday' on Wednesday," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos. "We have seen this kind of auto-destruct routine used in the past, most memorably by the author of Sobig who released new versions of his worm after the predecessor expired." Full Story:Sophos
Posted on Monday, 26 January 2004 @ 13:00:36 UTC by cj (932 reads) [ Trackback ]
The W32/Bagel-A worm which has been making its presence felt in thousands of email inboxes worldwide is set to fall silent on Wednesday 28 January.
