Palyh worm hits the UK
News The Palyh, or Mankx worm, appears to come from support@microsoft.com, a forged address. The company said its servers had stopped over 20,000 copies of the worm as of midday on Monday, with interception rates climbing to over 2,000 an hour and a...
[May 19, 2003, 12:09]
Fake Microsoft email spreads new worm
News The Palyh, or Mankx worm, appears to come from support@microsoft.com, a forged address. According to Jamie Gillespie, security analyst with AusCERT, the virus is a traditional mass-mailer. Anti-virus vendors have released signatures that can be...
[May 19, 2003, 9:04]
Orange fights back in war against spam
News Given the recent high-profile outbreaks of two worms, Fizzer and Palyh, and the ongoing battle against the proliferation of spam, Orange's move is certainly timely. Sybari's Antigen solution will provide anti-virus support via third parties such as...
[May 21, 2003, 16:09]
Third Sobig worm strikes, and more may follow
News Like its predecessor, Sobig.B, also known as Palyh or Mankx, the current worm also connects to the Internet and attempts to download hacking software onto the victim's computer. Messagelabs, which offers email outsourcing to companies around the...
[June 2, 2003, 15:28]
