Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 01:50:16 -0500 (EST) From: BCPL.NET SysAdmin To: BCPL.NET News Subject: Re: BCPL.NET NEWS: Virus Alert: Bagle.J Worm (Correction) In my BCPL.NET News message of Wed, 3 Mar 2004 00:40 describing the Bagle.J Worm, I wrote: > o If you have anti-virus software on your PC, *and* if it is configured > to scan incoming e-mail for viruses, *and* if its virus description > database is up-to-date enough to know about Bagle.J, then it will stop > Bagle.J before it can infect your PC. However the virus description > database must be *very* new. The Bagle.J Worm was discovered and > described by the major anti-virus software vendors late in the afternoon > of February 2, 2004, so a virus description database older than that will > not enable your anti-virus software to detect and stop Bagle.J. That should be March 2, not February 2. If your anti-virus software's virus description database dates from February 2nd, then it is hopelessly out of date and your PC is vulnerable to a whole army of viruses that have appeared since then. -- BCPL.NET INTERNET SERVICES 320 York Road Towson, MD 21204-5179 U.S.A. Web Site: http://www.bcpl.net Who To Contact For What: http://www.bcpl.net/contacts/