news of a new worm? Anyone heard of this?

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I received this from my SBC internet provider this morning. Anyone hear of

it?

Dear SBC Internet Services Member:

It is extremely important that you read this message

and take immediate action if you are using

Windows NT, 2000 or XP.

A computer worm referred to as Gaobot, is currently

infecting computers across the Internet. In response,

we strongly urge you to take the following

security measures:

1) Use a personal software or hardware firewall to protect

your computers from network worms and intruders.

2) Download and install all available critical patches for

your Windows operating system from the Microsoft web

site: http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/

3) Use up-to-date anti-virus software to detect and remove

Gaobot or other computer worms and viruses.

If you have more than one computer using these specific

Windows operating systems, you should perform these actions

on all such computers that connect to the Internet. Failure

to take appropriate action could result in infection of

your system and spread of this problem - and could lead to

suspension of your account.

SBC Yahoo! members can access additional information about

SBC Yahoo! security features, including free anti-virus and

personal firewall at help.sbcglobal.net

Further information is available at www.microsoft.com/security/protect

If you have questions about this e-mail or need other

information, please contact SBC Internet Service

toll free at .

Thank you,

SBC Internet Services

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