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Story: 'Swen' worm poses as security patch

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Posted by: Gribbly Snard (Friday 19 September 2003, 1:54 AM)

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Great job. I knew it had to be a hoax at least a worm at the worst. I knew M$ wouldn't send out patches, but with a Google search at 8:40pm EST only ZDNET turned up with the answer. Great job on being on the cutting edge since my Anti-virus software was up to date and it didn't stop it.

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