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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. Poor Windows 95 users by DrugCheese · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Rendered useless at just the age of 9. Windows98 won't even make it that long. I wonder when they'll stop support for WindowsXP and some bug will come out that renders it pointless to use. ... or is it already pointless ..

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    *DrugCheese rants*