Tech Alert Briefing for 9/19/2003

Gibe Virus Spreading Quickly

A new mass-mailing virus, identified as Gibe.F, aka Swen, is making its way quickly across the Internet taking advantage of a previously reported flaw in Microsoft Windows software.

The virus is disguised in an email message that has been make to look as if it were anofficial-looking e-mail from Microsoft saying that it contains a ?cumulative patch? for several Internet Explorer, Outlook and Outlook Express vulnerabilities.

Read Microsoft's Security Bulletin and get the patch here.



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