Hi, Joe Stewart of Lurhq.com has made an interesting discovery about the new Swen/Gibe.F worm that started circulating today: When the worm infects a new machine, it hits a Web counter. The URL of the counter is: http://ww2.fce.vutbr.cz/bin/counter.gif/link=bacillus&width=6&set=cnt006 If this URL wraps in your email reader, here's a shorter version: http://tinyurl.com/nufo At 2:30 EST, the counter is about 615,000. Here's a bit more about the worm: http://news.com.com/2100-7349_3-5078696.html The server log entries for this counter might prove interesting to virus researchers. These entries could provide data for a statistical study of computer worm transmissions. Perhaps the Vutbr.cz Web site would be willing to go public with this information. Richard M. Smith http://www.ComputerBytesMan.com
