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'Bagle' Worm Heading For A Windows PC Near You

Posted by timothy on from the opens-soon-nationwide dept.

mrSinclair writes "the 'Bagle' or 'Beagle' worm is expected to hit the U.S. by midweek, probably Tuesday as many employees return from a three-day weekend." He points to this Washington Post story (via Yahoo!), which describes the Windows mass-mailing worm as being transmitted via email as an .exe attachment and as installing "a program that lets attackers connect to infected machines, install malicious software or steal files." The article says Bagle has been detected in more than 100 countries. Other readers have sent in links to coverage at the BBC and at SearchSecurity.com.

16 of 606 comments (clear)

  1. who got MLK Day off? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I know I didn't, and I work for a software company!

  2. aha - but the worm is banned in the *.nz domain by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    so we are lucky where I live.

    please forward your worms to less enlightened domains. Thank you.

  3. most peepoles' pc already infactdead with fuddles' by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    gottiesque payper liesense stock markup FraUD softwar gangster execrable. tell 'em robbIE?

    Due to excessive bad posting from this IP or Subnet, comment posting has temporarily (permaneNTly if we were able to fulfill our corepirate nazi sponsors' wishes) been disabled. If it's you, consider this a chance to sit in the timeout corner. If it's someone else, this is a chance to hunt them down like with fuddle's corepirate nazi gangster ?pr firm? scams. If you think this is unfair, vote with yOUR wallet.

  4. Trend by can_dcm · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Internet Security, PC-Cillin, whatever they are calling things these days.

  5. Windows is not the problem. Virii are the problem by RLiegh · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    and Linux is teh answer!

  6. Microsoft "chose" nothing by RLiegh · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    they inherited the "executable" syntax from cpm and qdos.

  7. no, that's akin to linux mounting a drive by RLiegh · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    with the exec[1] flag set. That has nothing to do with the permissions of individual files.

    [1]actually, you'd normally see that only in reverse: a drive mounted noexec, meaning nothing can execute from that drive.

  8. MOD PARENT UP! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    hey you stupid moderators, mod this up!

  9. mynuts won, this post has been moderatedead by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    most peepoles' pc already infactdead with fuddles' (Score:-1, Offtopic)
    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 20, @02:57AM (#8029522)
    gottiesque payper liesense stock markup FraUD softwar gangster execrable. tell 'em robbIE?

    Due to excessive bad posting from this IP or Subnet, comment posting has temporarily (permaneNTly if we were able to fulfill our corepirate nazi sponsors' wishes) been disabled. If it's you, consider this a chance to sit in the timeout corner. If it's someone else, this is a chance to hunt them down like with fuddle's corepirate nazi gangster ?pr firm? scams. If you think this is unfair, vote with yOUR wallet.

  10. huge bullchips, heading for yOUR savings? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    you cna bet your highly mortgaged .asp, if that'a all you have left.

    tell 'em robbIE?

  11. morons bet the farm y'all have a conscience by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    easy bet, as most of you have no chance to become billyonerrors. & would probably rather see the planet/popoulation in won peace.

    we'll let you decide?

  12. wwwould be bettor? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    self-corewreckeding eyecon0meter scores a gain.

  13. BiG deal 'stuff that matters' headed for US? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    don't bet your highly mortgaged .asp on that won.

    more phonIE last gasper softwar gangster execrable to fallow.

  14. innocent hobbyists heading towards online dating by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ?service?near you.

    the won-eyed girl is tIEd up right now, butt you can still get your thrills on bkueberry hill?

  15. staying up late to see if robbIE DOES THE RIGHT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    thing.

    seems like a waste of time. we're here for you robbIE.

  16. Re:Sad state of affairs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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