Published in March 3rd, 2009
This is a worm affecting all versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system. This worm attempts to send out mass emails and gathers email addresses from infected computers. The worm generally spreads via attachments sent in emails. Once a PC is infected, the worm will create various registry entries as well as copying itself to [...]
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Published in December 31st, 2008
Downadup.B is a medium risk worm affecting all versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system. The worm makes use of the Windows RPC vulnerability. Once a computer is infected the worm will drop various .dll files and will also create entries in the Windows registry. The worm will also remove restore points as well as [...]
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Published in December 29th, 2008
The W32 Worm.Gen.C is a worm affecting all versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system. The worm spreads by copying itself to shared drives and mapped network drives. It also spreads via instant messaging clients. The worm will drop various files onto an infected computer (eg: gphone.exe). It will also create various entries in the [...]
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Published in December 24th, 2008
The Waledac worm is currently affecting all versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system. This worm infects computers via attachments in emails. Never open .exe files in emails unless you are 100% sure the email is legitimate. In some instances, the email can appear to be from a known sender, but may still be infected. [...]
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Published in December 10th, 2008
Randsom.A is a worm affecting all versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system. This worm spreads by copying itself to removable drives. Once installed, the worm will create a file called “rememberthis.exe”. The worm will also copy itself to other system files and will create various registry keys so that it is executed on start [...]
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Published in December 4th, 2008
A new worm is currently affecting all versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system. This worm acts as a mass mailer and grabs email addresses from infected computers. As with most modern worms, it spreads by copying itself to removable media and hard drives on infected computers. The worm will email itself to addresses harvested [...]
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Published in November 28th, 2008
Due to the spread of a worm on the army networks, the US army has recently had to ban all removable media. This includes media such as USB drives, flash memory cards, disks, removable drives etc. This has been an issue for the army and any type of worm/virus/malware that can spread via removable devices [...]
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Published in November 20th, 2008
W32.Redlofs is a low risk worm that is currently affecting all versions of the Windows operating system. The worm spreads by copying itself to hard drives and removable drives. Once these drives are connected to another computer, the worm will then copy itself to those drives and spread further. On infected computers, the worm will [...]
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Published in November 17th, 2008
This is a new worm affecting all versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system. The worm spreads via network shares and mapped drives. On infected computers, the worm will copy itself to a file called “sbsb.exe”. The worm will also create numerous registry entries and will attempt to download files from remote locations. The remote [...]
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Published in November 11th, 2008
W32.Gaut is a new worm affecting all versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system. The worm spreads via drives and instant messaging programs. It can spread to removable or fixed storage drives and if these are connected to other computers it will then attempt to spread to those drives. The worm will add various registry keys [...]
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