What is the Sasser worm?
The Sasser worm is a malicious program that exploits a particular loophole in Microsoft Windows. It is not to be confused with the typical virus which can only travel via email and can be unleashed on one’s PC only after the email attachment is opened. The Sasser worm can spread completely by itself and does not require any human intervention. It is possible to be infected simply by being connected to the Internet. In other words, computers with broadband connection are at greater risk. However, it only affects computers running recent versions of Windows XP and Windows 2000.
