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Mntsnow
03-17-2004, 7:20 AM
The author of the virulent Bagle worm is leading anti-virus analysts on a chase that is pummeling corporate IT managers and users with one attack after another.

And each new variant throws just enough new tricks into the mix to confuse users into continuously downloading the malicious code.

''Once again, it's a cat and mouse game between the virus writer and the anti-virus vendors,'' says Steve Sundermeier, a vice president with Central Command, an anti-virus company based in Medina, Ohio. ''And it's getting really hard to get infected. It's kind of amazing that it's still happening -- that people are still falling for it.'' Read more (http://www.enterpriseitplanet.com/security/news/article.php/3326561)