The Government Secure Intranet (GSI), the central body which runs most of the government's IT functions, has bought MessageLabs' SkyScan managed anti-virus service to protect hundreds of thousands of desktops and laptops from malicious code.
Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos, said the virus could now be counted among the top five viruses of all time. The virus also makes detection more difficult by generating its own email client, a feature which has enabled it to...
Magnus Olssen, senior engineer at Ericsson told silicon.com: "Handsets with downloading facilities are open for viruses if the gateway of an operator is not accurately protected. The key for prevention is with the operators hosting WAP servers as...
The analyst group recommends that users check and fix security holes on key servers and applications, examine gateway mail server security so it cannot be hijacked, turn off auto responses to outside recipients when viruses or spam are detected...
Peter Simpson, manager of ThreatLab at Clearswift, warned that anti-virus companies and the media have become so obsessed with the unprecedented numbers surrounding the prolific Sobig.f variant that the real dangers are going almost unnoticed.
It adds a belt to the braces that already exist so that organisations that find it difficult to keep up with traditional anti-virus protection can, at least, take steps to ensure that email viruses do not get beyond the initial infection.