Two new variants of the Bagle, AD and AE viruses, are distributing its code on the network. This could & nbsp; & nbsp; other hackers & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp;
Like their brethren, these new bugs steal email addresses on the recipient's machine, then deceive the next victim to open the file containing the virus. & Nbsp; Its code is located in a .ZIP file. Password protected in e-mail message, text or image. The ZIP file contains the executable file with extensions such as .EXE, .COM or .SCR.
Bagle passes anti-virus software and firewalls when penetrating computer systems. It also opens the back door (port 1234) that allows hackers to use the victim's PC as a springboard for spreading spam or denial of service attacks.
Month & nbsp; Gee, the creator of the MyDoom virus, & nbsp; has released the source code & nbsp; a few days after Microsoft and & nbsp; SCO won $ 500,000 & nbsp; USD & nbsp; credit for getting this author. & Nbsp; The author easily shirk responsibility when explaining why there is a virus on his computer if he is caught.
Details and how to kill Bagle can be found at: http://www.symantec.com
