Microsoft Adds Netsky, Zafi Removal To Free Tool
Along with the plethora of patches released Tuesday, Microsoft also revised its free Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool for the first time, and as promised earlier, automatically added it to Windows XP users' download lists when they accessed Windows Update.
Source: TechWebThe tool, which debuted last month, has been enhanced so it now detects and deletes -- or tries to -- all instances of the Korgo, Netsky, Zafi, and Randex worm families.
January's edition cleansed systems of eight different worm/virus families, including MyDoom, Nachi, Sasser, and MSBlast. This month's edition adds four to bring the total to 12.
The additions of Netsky and Zafi are particularly important, since several anti-virus firms tagged the former as the worst worm of 2004, and a Zafi variant made up a third of all viruses spotted by Sophos as recently as December 2004.
Windows XP users who have Automatic Updates enabled automatically retrieve the tool each month, while those using Windows Update also get the utility as part of any update package. Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 users, however, must still manually download the tool the Microsoft Web site or use the online version also on that page.
0