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Spikes Detected In Autorun Malware

Posted by Soulskill on from the going-back-to-the-classics dept.

msm1267 writes "Researchers recently have seen a major increase in the volume of autorun malware in some countries, thanks to a couple of new worms infecting those older machines. The two new worms, Worm.JS.AutoRun and Worm.Java.AutoRun, both take advantage of the autorun functionality to spread, and the JavaScript worm has other methods of propagation, as well. Researchers at Kaspersky Lab say that the volume of autorun worms has remained relatively constant over the last few months, but there was a major spike in those numbers in April and May, thanks to the distribution of the two new pieces of malware."

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  1. Re:WHICH AV SELLER IS PUTTING THIS OUT ?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    "Which AV seller ..." It's Kapersky you dickfuck. It's right there in the fuckin summary. Jeez.

  2. Re:I don't think you ought to run Windows... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    I know right! DAE thing windows is for lusers? I'm sure _this_ year will FINALLY be the year of the linux desktop!!!