Siemens Provides Link to Download Virus Removal Tool

July 22, 2010
The company has put up a Web page that also includes the latest information on the malware targeting its WinCC software.
Siemens says it now has a tool available to detect and remove the virus first reported this weekend to be attacking its industrial software by exploiting a hole in Microsoft Windows. The tool, along with additional information on the virus, is available for download here:  http://support.automation.siemens.com/WW/view/en/43876783.Earlier Automation World coverage of this incident is here.

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