I run Norton Internet Security on Win2K. I have the firewall part set up
(or maybe it's the default) so that it asks me what to do when unexpected
incoming data is received from the Internet. In previous weeks, I might
have received a few of these per week. In the last couple of days I have
been receiving them EVERY FEW SECONDS!!! They originate from many
different network addresses, which is an indication of the number of
machines on the network that are infected. (The worm on an infected machine
scans internet addresses at random trying to find one that will accept data;
if the machine will accept data, the worm downloads itself to that machine,
which is then infected and the cycle repeats. I am not a computer-virus
expert, but I believe that that it how it spreads.)
-- from Cy in the UK
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