W32.Swen.A@mm is a new mass-mailing worm that uses a vulnerability in Internet Explorer to execute directly from e-mail and uses its own SMTP engine to spread itself. It attempts to spread through file-sharing networks, such as KaZaA and IRC, and attempts to kill antivirus and personal firewall programs running on a computer. The worm can […]
W32.Swen.A@mm is a new mass-mailing worm that uses a vulnerability in Internet Explorer to execute directly from e-mail and uses its own SMTP engine to spread itself. It attempts to spread through file-sharing networks, such as KaZaA and IRC, and attempts to kill antivirus and personal firewall programs running on a computer. The worm can arrive as an email attachment. The subject, body, and From: address of the email may vary but examples claim to be patches for Microsoft Internet Explorer, or delivery failure notices from qmail. More