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Worm Spreading via Mobile Device

The US DOD is having issues with the Agent.btz worm.
http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/11/army-bans-usb-d.html
The problem has gotten so bad that they have banned the use of all portable media while they get a handle on the situation.  The malware infecting the computers is called Agent.btz, a variant of the SillyFDC worm. It spreads by copying itself onto USB drives and other [...]