I have been getting 120 e-mails a day for the past two days -- almost all viral. Norton deletes them.
> New E-Mail Worm Targets Hole in Internet Explorer
>
> Thu Sep 18, 7:44 PM ET
> Technology - Reuters
>
> SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Anti-virus companies warned on Thursday
> of a new computer worm circulating through e-mail that purports to
> be security software from Microsoft Corp. but actually tries to
> disable security programs that are already running.
>
> The worm, dubbed "Swen" or "Gibe," takes advantage of a two-year-old
> hole in Internet Explorer and affects systems that have not installed
> a patch for that security hole, according to Internet security
> company Network Associates Inc..
>
> The malicious program arrives as an attachment to an e-mail
> pretending to contain a patch for holes in Internet Explorer,
> Outlook and Outlook Express and then mails itself off to addresses
> located on the victim's computer.
>
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