[PBARC] Panda Software warns of the dangers of the Bagl e.A worm - 01/19/ 04

[WOLF, EARNEST G]

      - Panda Software warns of the dangers of the Bagle.A worm -
    Oxygen3 24h-365d, by Panda Software (http://www.pandasoftware.com)

Madrid, January 19, 2004 - The new Bagle.A (W32/Bagle.A.worm) worm is
starting to spread rapidly. According to data collected by Panda Software's
international technical support network, it is causing an increasing number
of incidents in users' computers around the globe. For this reason, the
multinational antivirus developer offers all users its free PQREMOVE
application, designed to effectively clean any computer affected by Bagle.A.
This tool can be downloaded from the following address:
http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/

In order to spread rapidly, Bagle.A creates copies of itself, which could
cause computer networks to collapse. This malicious code spreads via e-mail
in a message with the following characteristics:

- Subject: "Hi"

- Message:

Test =),
(as series of random characters). 
--
Test, yep.

- Attachment: the name of the file consists of a number of random characters
and an .EXE extension

Once it has been installed on a computer, Bagle.A looks in the files with
WAB, HTM, HTML and TXT extensions stored on the affected computer for e-mail
addresses to send itself out to using its own SMTP engine.

Due to the possibility of being infected by Bagle.A, Panda Software advises
users to treat all e-mails received with caution. The company has already
made the updates to its products available to its clients to ensure their
solutions can detect and eliminate Bagle.A. Those whose software is not
configured to update automatically, should update their solutions from
http://www.pandasoftware.com.  Users can also detect this and other
malicious code using the free, online antivirus, Panda ActiveScan, which is
available on the company's website at, en http://www.pandasoftware.com.

More detailed information on Bagle.A from Panda Software's Virus
Encyclopedia at: http://www.pandasoftware.com/virus_info/encyclopedia/

NOTE: The addresses above may not show up on your screen as single lines.
This would prevent you from using the links to access the web pages. If this
happens, just use the 'cut' and 'paste' options to join the pieces of the
URL.

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