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Swen Virus

Security worm and its affiliate sites have received hundreds of emails containing the Swen viruse ([email protected]). Symantec has released a Swen removal tool and has more information on this virus. From symantec:

[email protected] is a mass-mailing worm that uses its own SMTP engine to spread itself. It attempts to spread through file-sharing networks, such as KaZaA and IRC, and attempts to kill antivirus and personal firewall programs running on a computer. The worm can arrive as an email attachment. The subject, body, and From: address of the email may vary. Some examples claim to be patches for Microsoft Internet Explorer, or delivery failure notices from qmail. [email protected] is similar to [email protected] in function, and is written in C++. This worm exploits a vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express in an attempt to execute itself when you open or even preview the message. Information and a patch for the vulnerability can be found at: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS01-020.asp. Symantec Security Response has developed a Swen Removal Tool to clean the infections of [email protected].