Published in November 4th, 2008
This is a Worm affecting Windows XP and Windows Server 2000/2003. The worm spreads by using an exploit in the Microsoft RPC. You should make sure all of your windows updates have been installed to help avoid worms such as this.
The W32.Wecorl worm will copy itself to a .dat file and will also create several [...]
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Published in October 16th, 2008
The W32.Bluven worm spreads across Windows operating systems. This currently affects all versions of Microsoft Windows.
The worm spreads across removable hard drives and flash drives. The worm will copy itself to the drives of infected PCs.
The worm will drop the following files onto infected drives:
Drive\B1uv3nth3×1.diz
Drive\msvbvm60.dll
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Published in October 8th, 2008
W32.Poskiwing is yet another worm that is affecting all versions of Microsoft Windows.
This worm is spreading by copying itself to all removable and network drives on an infected system. Once a drive is infected and connected to another system, the worm can then infect that system and drives.
The worm opens a back door and then [...]
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Published in September 26th, 2008
This is a fairly low risk worm threatening all versions of Windows operating systems. The worm spreads via removable drives and also via network shares.
While the worm itself is fairly low risk, if installed it can download further malware that could be very harmful to your system.
Files Affected:
%Windir%\Temp\rld[SINGLE NUMBER].tmp
%System%\config\systemprofile\Local Settings\History\desktop.ini
%System%\config\systemprofile\Cookies\index.dat
%System%config\systemprofile\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\desktop.ini
The worm will [...]
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Published in September 3rd, 2008
This is a type of autorun file that is used to execute code and install malware on computer systems. The autorun.inf can be created by different types of worms.
The infected autorun.inf file is placed in root (top level) directories of any type of fixed or removable drive. For drives with autorun enabled, the code inside [...]
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Published in August 26th, 2008
This is a new worm that attacks any version of Windows. The worm spreads itself by attaching to any type of fixed or removable hard drive, A-Z.
If you are infected, the worm will create the following files:
C:\lo.tmp
%SYSTEM%\wuauclt.exe
%SYSTEM%\dllcache\wuauclt.exe
%SYSTEM%\wsotdet.dll
%SYSTEM%\wssndet.dll
It will also drop autorun files on drives that it infects.
The worm also edits the Windows Registry so that [...]
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Published in July 25th, 2008
Threat: Fsl-Zoo_Disaster
Fsl-Zoo_Disaster is a virus-like program that spreads automatically to other computers by sending itself out by email or by any other means. It is a program that propagates itself by attacking other machines and copying itself to the affected machine.
Worms like Fsl-Zoo_Disaster have a self-replicating code that travels from machine to machine by various [...]
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