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New Windows Worm Inching Around Internet

helixcode123 writes "The Register is reporting a Windows Worm that takes advantage of weak default passwords. This looks pretty nasty, as it mucks with the registry and disables network sharing." Basically if it finds SMB shares with weak passwords, it drops an executable in the startup folder... for once a security problem that isn't really Microsoft's fault.

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