New web worm warning
The countdown to the next Windows web worm outbreak has begun.
Malicious hackers are starting to circulate computer code that exploits recently found vulnerabilities in some versions of Microsoft's Windows operating system.
The MSBlast worm that struck in August exploited similar vulnerabilities and caused havoc for many net-using firms.
Security experts are urging people to patch their computer systems to avoid the attentions of any web worm written to take advantage of these new loopholes.
The MSBlast or Lovsan worm spread fast by exploiting the way that some versions of Microsoft Windows allow computers to talk to each other across the net.
The vulnerability that it exploited was discovered about 30 days before the first worm appeared.
But viruses that take advantage of new found flaws in the chunk of computer code exploited by MSBlast look set to arrive even sooner.
