Article: Guardent Addresses BadTrans.B Vulnerabilities; Guardent's Customers Secure Networks Prior to BadTrans.B Attack.

WALTHAM, Mass. -- Guardent, Inc., the leading provider of security and privacy services, today released information outlining practical methods for preventing the infiltration of the BadTrans.B worm. Developing a detailed plan of prevention, none of Guardent's anti-virus customers suffered a Bad Trans.B attack.

BadTrans.B is actively infecting Internet hosts. Exploiting a known vulnerability in Microsoft products, BadTrans.B installs a keystroke logger, enabling a hacker to view, capture and use confidential data that may be stored, cached or entered through a keyboard on a victim's computer. This leaves BadTrans.B victims susceptible to credit card and password fraud.

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