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A New Internet Worm Terrorizes German Users

October 25, 2001

Kaspersky Labs, an international an international data-security software developer announces the detection of a new Internet-worm "Anset" spreading via e-mail and disguising itself as a new version of a German anti-trojan scanner "ANTS". Up to date Kaspersky Labs registered many reports of the worm...

Kaspersky Lab, an international an international data-security software developer announces the detection of a new Internet-worm "Anset" spreading via e-mail and disguising itself as a new version of a German anti-trojan scanner "ANTS". Up to date Kaspersky Lab registered many reports of the worm to be "in-the-wild" in Germany.

Defense procedures thwarting "Anset" have already been added to the Kaspersky Anti-Virus database update.

A more detailed description of the worm is available in the Kaspersky Virus Encyclopedia.

A New Internet Worm Terrorizes German Users

Kaspersky Labs, an international an international data-security software developer announces the detection of a new Internet-worm "Anset" spreading via e-mail and disguising itself as a new version of a German anti-trojan scanner "ANTS". Up to date Kaspersky Labs registered many reports of the worm...
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