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It infects Web servers running a software package called phpBB
Antivirus companies are warning Internet users about a new, fast-spreading worm that infects Web servers running a popular package of online bulletin board software and uses the Google search engine to find vulnerable servers to infect.
The worm, dubbed Santy.A, uses a vulnerability in a popular free software package called phpBB to spread across the Internet, infecting computer servers that host online bulletin boards and defacing those sites with the words "This site is defaced!!! NeverEverNoSanity WebWorm."
A Google Inc. spokesman said in an e-mail that the company is looking into reports about Santy.A.
The worm doesn't affect individual computer users but infects Web servers that are hosting online bulletin boards
Antivirus companies are warning Internet users about a new, fast-spreading worm that infects Web servers running a popular package of online bulletin board software and uses the Google search engine to find vulnerable servers to infect.
The worm, dubbed Santy.A, uses a vulnerability in a popular free software package called phpBB to spread across the Internet, infecting computer servers that host online bulletin boards and defacing those sites with the words "This site is defaced!!! NeverEverNoSanity WebWorm."
A Google Inc. spokesman said in an e-mail that the company is looking into reports about Santy.A.
The worm doesn't affect individual computer users but infects Web servers that are hosting online bulletin boards
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