Saturday, December 16, 2006
Big Yellow virus attacks nortons
Apparently, a nasty worm has emerged that attacks computers via a known flaw in popular corporate antivirus software from Symantec Corp. (SYMC), in an unusual effort to infiltrate personal computers through a non-Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) product. This appears to be signally the a new trend that hackers and malware creators are heading towards non Microsoft software for areas to spread their nasty work too.
The virus is called Big Yellow, which seeks to enter machines through a security hole in the remote management interface of corporate versions of Symantec AntiVirus and Symantec Client Security and can take complete control of the computer. Once infected with the worm's malicious "bot" program, the PC can be networked by an attacker with other computers in a "botnet" and used to attack others on the Internet.
The virus is called Big Yellow, which seeks to enter machines through a security hole in the remote management interface of corporate versions of Symantec AntiVirus and Symantec Client Security and can take complete control of the computer. Once infected with the worm's malicious "bot" program, the PC can be networked by an attacker with other computers in a "botnet" and used to attack others on the Internet.
# posted by Peter Saville - IT Consultant @ 11:53 PM 
