Subject: Useful new Gov agency Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 20:54:01 -0500 To: lpny_discussion From: Bob Armstrong This caused me a giggle after hearing about this new virus for the last couple of days : New Worm Spawns Headaches for Computer Users http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57681-2004Jan28.ht= ml .... >=A0Mydoom.B replaces the older version of itself on infected= computers, said Tony Magallanez, a systems engineer with= F-Secure Corp., an anti-virus company in San Jose, Calif. .... > Cupertino, Calif.-based anti-virus company Symantec Corp. has= witnessed a large increase in the number of computers searching= for systems infected with the original worm, said Alfred Huger= ... .... >=A0Microsoft is conducting its own analysis of the new worm, said= Christopher Budd, security program manager But never fear : >=A0The new worm surfaced on the same day that the U.S. Department= of Homeland Security announced the creation of a new,= centralized system for >=A0alerting the population to online threats like worms, viruses= and hackers. A Homeland Security official said the system will= release an alert on >=A0Mydoom.B tonight. Ah , our taken dollars at work , keeping us one step behind . --=A0 =A0Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864 CoSy MidWinter Party : http://cosy.com/y04/MidWinter17.htm Liberty : http://CoSy.com/Liberty.htm Restore our Right to Relax : =A0http://ny.lp.org/cgi-bin/petition.cgi?Against_the_Smoking_Ban =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A02004/01/28 8:43:29 PM