The Threat Attempts To Spread From Computer To Computer Over The Local Network

Norton Tracking New Threat Affecting Potentially Hundreds of Thousands of Computers. Fast Spreading Threat Infecting Computers Around the Globe. Symantec Security Response began actively tracking a new, malicious computer worm that spreads using a socially engineered e-mail attack.

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