Published in May 27th, 2009
Korron is a worm affecting all versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system. On infected computers Korron will copy itself to all available drives. It will also copy itself over certain files on the computer. Korron has the ability to create a variety of different .exe files on an infected computer. It will also add [...]
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Published in May 20th, 2009
VBS.Runauto is a worm affecting all versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system. As with most worms, this one spreads by copying itself to drives and removable drives on the infected computer. On infected computers, the worm will copy itself to the system directory as “winjpg.jpg”. It will also create autorun.inf files as well as [...]
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Published in May 14th, 2009
Fiala is a relatively low risk worm affecting all versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system. This worm spreads in the usual way by copying itself to removable drives, network drives etc on infected computers. The worm also has the ability to download files to the infected computer and install further harmful malware. The worm [...]
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Published in May 12th, 2009
Qakbot is a new worm affecting all versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system. As with most worms, it attempts to spread from computer to computer and infects each PC along the way. Qakbot can spread via network shares and other shared folders/drives on a network. Once Qakbot infects a PC, it can steal private [...]
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Published in April 30th, 2009
SillyFDC is a worm affecting all versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system. The worm has several different variants. The worm spreads by copying itself to removable drives on infected computers. It will copy itself as the file “svchost.exe” as well as creating various registry entries. The registry entries will alter the behavior of Internet [...]
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Published in April 29th, 2009
W32.Mocon is a worm that is affecting most versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system. The Mocon worm has the capability to record keystrokes as well as steal information from the infected computer. The worm spreads by copying itself to removable drives. The worm will create the following files on infected systems: “autorun.inf” and “cssrs.exe”, these will [...]
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Published in April 21st, 2009
Sality.AM is a worm affecting all versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system. The worm spreads via removable hard drives and also be infecting .exe files. On infected systems, the worm will create a file called “W32.HLLP.Sality”. The worm will then create various registry entries, as well as stopping services/processes and changing security settings. Autorun [...]
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Published in April 17th, 2009
Sexy View is a worm that has been hitting smartphones and uses their contact list to spread to other smartphones. The worm sends a message out to all of the contacts on the infected smartphone, which then directs them to a webpage that has the malware application. The worm can retrieve information about the phone, [...]
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Published in April 7th, 2009
Woospi is a worm affecting all versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system. The worm can spread via removable hard drives and it can modify files on infected systems. If your system is infected, the worm will drop various files, as well as changing some system files on your computer. The worm also creates autorun.inf [...]
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Published in March 5th, 2009
This is a worm affecting all versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system. The worm currently has a few different variants. This worm spreads by copying itself to removable drives. So once a computer is infected, the worm will copy itself to the various drives available. On infection, the worm will create several files and [...]
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