New 'Homepage' worm rated X
The worm, known to virus experts as VBS.VBSWG2, and dubbed Homepage, has been reported
at scores of companies, according to antivirus vendors who say it is likely to hit more firms today.
According to experts, the worm will not cause damage to the computer system that receives the initial e-mail, but could bring down corporate mail servers by sending out thousands of copies of itself.
Experts also say that it is moving at a formidable rate. MessageLabs, a UK company that tracks the spread of computer viruses and worms, says that since yesterday evening it has seen more than 8000 copies of the Homepage pass through its servers.
