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First known 64-bit virus threat found
By Matt Hines
CNET News.com
May 27, 2004, 12:39 PM PT
Add your opinion var isNav4, isIE4, isNav3, isIE3 if (navigator.appVersion.charAt(0) == "4") { if (navigator.appName == "Netscape") { isNav4 = true; } else { isIE4 = true; } } else if (navigator.appVersion.charAt(0) == "3") { if (navigator.appName == "Netscape") { isNav3 = true; } else { isIE3 = true; } }
Security technology company Symantec reported Thursday that it has analyzed what it believes to be the first known threat to 64-bit Windows systems, a virus labeled W64.Rugrat.3344. Representatives at the Cupertino, Calif.-based company were quick to point out that the threat was merely a so-called proof-of-concept virus--a worm developed by someone to show that vulnerabilities are present in a particular type of system--and not a virus already spreading in the wild. However, Oliver Friedrichs, senior manager of Symantec's Security Response Team, said W64.Rugrat.3344 can attack 64-bit Microsoft Windows files successfully. He said the virus does not infect 32-bit files and will not run on 32-bit Windows systems.
By Matt Hines
CNET News.com
May 27, 2004, 12:39 PM PT
Add your opinion var isNav4, isIE4, isNav3, isIE3 if (navigator.appVersion.charAt(0) == "4") { if (navigator.appName == "Netscape") { isNav4 = true; } else { isIE4 = true; } } else if (navigator.appVersion.charAt(0) == "3") { if (navigator.appName == "Netscape") { isNav3 = true; } else { isIE3 = true; } } 
Security technology company Symantec reported Thursday that it has analyzed what it believes to be the first known threat to 64-bit Windows systems, a virus labeled W64.Rugrat.3344. Representatives at the Cupertino, Calif.-based company were quick to point out that the threat was merely a so-called proof-of-concept virus--a worm developed by someone to show that vulnerabilities are present in a particular type of system--and not a virus already spreading in the wild. However, Oliver Friedrichs, senior manager of Symantec's Security Response Team, said W64.Rugrat.3344 can attack 64-bit Microsoft Windows files successfully. He said the virus does not infect 32-bit files and will not run on 32-bit Windows systems.
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