New Netsky Worm Poses as a Cure for Sasser
Sophos warns users not to fall for confidence trick, as Netsky author claims he is the creator of the Sasser worm.
Virus researchers at Sophos have warned users that a new in-the-wild worm, Netsky-AC (W32/Nestky-AC), is posing as a cure for the fast-spreading Sasser worm.
Attached to emails generated by Netsky-AC is a file which claims to come from an anti-virus company, and to be a fix for the Sasser worm.
Don’t open email claiming to fix worms.
