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SYSTEMS UPDATE Vol. 21 No. 5 SEP/OCT 2002 issue

NEW WEB SITE
SOPHOS HOAXES AND VIRUSES
SOPHOS HAS NEW IMAGE
VISIT TO GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL
TRAINING CLASS
RAINBOW LAUNCHED iGATE SECURITY WEB
3COM NETWORK SEMINAR

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1. NEW WEB SITE

www.sysdgn.com.sg had a major update in early September 2002. If you have not visited the site, take a look. A number of new logos have been added, including Sophos, Xerox Engineering System and Hitachi printers. Although products like Motorola and QMS printers were dropped out, support for these products is still available. Apart from the logos, the company profile and product details have been updated.

See http://www.sysdgn.com.sg/newsletter/0210/newebsite.html

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2. SOPHOS HOAXES & VIRUSES

TOP TEN VIRUSES AND HOAXES REPORTED TO SOPHOS IN SEPTEMBER 2002

This is the latest in a series of monthly charts counting down the ten most frequently occurring viruses and hoaxes as compiled by Sophos, a world leader in corporate anti-virus protection.

For September 2002, the virus chart is as follows, with the most frequently occurring virus at number one:

Virus Percentage of reports

W32/Klez-H (Klez variant) 20.4%
JS/Except-Fam (Except Trojan) 15.5% NEW ENTRY
JS/NoClose (NoClose Trojan) 7.5%
W32/Duni-A (Duni) 4.9% NEW ENTRY
W32/Frethem-Fam (Frethem) 4.2% RE-ENTRY
W32/ElKern-C (ElKern variant) 4.0%
W32/Yaha-E (Yaha variant) 3.5%
W32/Nimda-D (Nimda variant) 2.9%
W32/Nimda-A (Nimda) 2.2% RE-ENTRY
W32/Badtrans-B (Badtrans variant) 1.8%
Others 33.1%

“Having topped the virus chart since March 2002, Klez-H is surely the Bryan Adams of the malware world. However, there is no reason for anyone to endure Klez-H. All users need to do is update their anti-virus software”, said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos Anti-Virus. “The Except Trojan Horse – which exploits a vulnerability in the Microsoft VM ActiveX component – is this month’s other big hitter. To prevent this type of infection, users should be sure to download vulnerability patches as soon as they become available”.

See http://www.sysdgn.com.sg/newsletter/0210/sophos.html

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3. SOPHOS HAS NEW IMAGE

Sophos has changed to its new corporate logo on 1 Oct 2002. Along with the change, Sophos revamped the naming convention for all its anti-virus products. In short, the logo is a shield now protecting users from virus attacks. The Enterprise Manager LIVE Update through the web is now term “Connect” which definitely makes more sense. The list below covers the name changes for all the current products.

See http://www.sysdgn.com.sg/newsletter/0210/newimage.html

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4. VISIT TO GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL

Staff from Singapore General Hospital were at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles for a visit of the Laboratory facilities on 18 September. The site visit arranged by Meditech was to provide a first hand experience on how the Laboratory use the client server Meditech Lab System. The group from Singapore General Hospital was on the way to Boston to attend the Dictionary Training for the Microbiology and Anatomical Pathology modules.

See http://www.sysdgn.com.sg/newsletter/0210/GSHospital.html

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5. TRAINING CLASS

The next training class for WinNT4.0 and SDpkgs Administration are on 12, 13 and 15 November (pm) respectively.

See http://www.sysdgn.com.sg/newsletter/0210/training.html

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6. RAINBOW LAUNCHED iGATE SECURITY WEB

Rainbow executives Humphrey Chan (VP of Rainbow Asia Pacific), Shawn Abbott (CEO of e-Security Group) and Paul Deakin (Manager of Sales Engineering) held a road show of the iGate web security product which started from India and ended in Japan. The tour covered six countries. They were here in Singapore on 22 Oct 2002 and held the launch at InterContinental Hotel, Bugis Junction. The message from the launch is that Rainbow is out to make web security simple. The iGate is plug and play and instantaneously the company rolling out the product gets two level authentication on the net.

See http://www.sysdgn.com.sg/newsletter/0210/iGATE.html

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7. 3COM NETWORK SEMINAR

On October 18, 2002 , 3Com, Tech Pacific and Systems Design organised Securing & Resilient Network seminar. The seminar started with Marcel Jacob, Vice President, South Asia giving the opening addresses to 60 IT professionals. He reassured 3Com commitments in continuing to delivering practical and reliable network solutions for enterprises and small businesses.

See http://www.sysdgn.com.sg/newsletter/0210/3COM.html

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