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Article: TippingPoint Customers Preemptively Protected from Zotob Worm and Variants; Intrusion Prevention System Blocks Zotob Worm at University of Washington Medical, Mercy Health Partners, and George Washington University School of Law.
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- Business Wire
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- August 31, 2005
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AUSTIN, Texas -- TippingPoint, a division of 3Com and the leader in intrusion prevention, today announced that its TippingPoint(TM) Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) preemptively protected all of its customers against the Zotob worm and its variants. Protected customers include University of Washington Medical, Mercy Health Partners, and George Washington University Law School.
"The TippingPoint IPS has completely protected us from the Zotob worm, blocking every infection attempt," said Mike Briggs, director of Information Technology at the George Washington University Law School. "We have seen many mutations of the Zotob worm and all have been blocked by ...