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Evaman Worm Attacks Email Servers

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the good-morning-how-are-you-i'm-doctor-worm dept.

An anonymous reader writes "CoolTechZone is reporting that the mail servers of various popular email services such as Hotmail and Yahoo to be bogged down with a new worm, code-named Evaman. The headings are common to the ones users encounter everyday in their inbox - "Failed Transaction" or "Delivery Failure". This worm has the potential to take control over Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP, NT, and Windows Server 2003."

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  1. So, windows is affected by a worm? by thenextpresident · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Again...can't be just start posting a weekly news post on /. to the affect of "Somewhere, someone created another virus for Windows?" Wouldn't that be equally effective, and still truthful?

    I just can't wait to read the posts from the Window's defenders who claim to have never gotten a virus, and never suffered a problem with Windows. Right...sure. I'll believe that when DNF comes out.

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    Jason Lotito