Another major virus outbreak has been averted as it appears companies have learnt their lesson following the millions of pounds worth of damage caused by the Love Bug. Late last week, antivirus company Network Associates branded the Prolin internet worm a 'high risk' after it infected several US companies. Other antivirus companies including Symantec and Sophos gave the virus a 'medium' risk categorisation. However, the virus appears to have caused very little damage, despite the warnings.
Evac members use email and SMS messages to inform each other when they spot a virus outbreak.
They have the power to stop the propagation of these viruses at the source - the emails servers, the firewalls etc. They are now realising that this makes life a lot easier for them and takes very little effort. Some downloaded the latest virus definitions, some got their firewalls to stop the attachment, and some ran round and told their users not open the email. It doesn't matter what they did, suffice to say they stopped the user receiving the virus or opening it - probably about 60 to 70 thousand addresses.