The worm, dubbed "Big Yellow" by eEye Digital Security, turns vulnerable computers into remote-controlled zombies. It is the second such malicious code in as many months that exploits a 6-month-old security flaw in Symantec Client Security and Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition. A fix for the flaw has been available since May.
The new "botworm" scans for computers running the vulnerable Symantec software and then attempts to break in, said Marc Maiffret, chief technology officer at eEye, an Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based security software maker. The threat appears to be widespread, Maiffret said. eEye is tracking a server used by the worm to download part of its malicious payload; that server has pushed data out to more than 60,000 systems, he said.
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