A new Internet worm has been detected that can infect Microsoft’s Windows platforms faster than previous computer worms, according to an antivirus software maker.

The Zotob worm appeared shortly after the world’s largest software maker warned of three newly found “critical” security flaws in its software, including one that could allow attackers to take complete control of a computer.

The latest worm exploits security holes in Microsoft’s Windows 95, 98, ME, NE, 2000 and XP platforms and can give computer attackers remote access to affected systems, said Trend Micro.

“Hundreds of infection reports were sighted in the United States and Germany,” Tokyo-based Trend Micro said in a statement released late last week.

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