The Internet Storm Center just issued this alert:
phpBB Worm (added Dec 21st 12 pm EST) http://isc.sans.org//diary.php?date=2004-12-21
We just received a number of reports about a new worm that infects web servers running phpBB. Apperently, there is no patch at this point. However, according to viruslist.com, a workaround can be found here:
http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=240513
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