A new mass-mailing virus, identified as Gibe.F, aka Swen, is making its way quickly across the Internet taking advantage of a previously reported flaw in Microsoft Windows software.
The virus is disguised in an email message that has been make to look as if it were an official-looking e-mail from Microsoft saying that it contains a “cumulative patch” for several Internet Explorer, Outlook and Outlook Express vulnerabilities.
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