University of Exeter malware outbreak
As you may have heard the University of Exeter has been dealing with a malware outbreak. The virus appears to be unknown, certainly to Symantec and Trend, and was first detected by high levels of traffic on their network and onto JANET. Whilst the malware has not yet been analysed it appears to have aspects of both a Trojan and a “dropper”.
The malware appears to exploit Windows Vista systems and early indications are that installing Microsoft update KB975517 prevents infection. It is not yet certain if the update provides complete protection.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975517
The outbreak is currently being investigated by Symantec and Microsoft and we hope to have further information within a few days.
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