Virus/worm alerts - Busy day
yikes...these were all from todays alerts...
W32.Hunch@mm is a mass-mailing worm that modifies the Autoexec.bat file in an attempt to format drive C. It deletes all .ocx, .sys, and .dll files from the C:\_RESTORE folder, and deletes other files that have a randomly chosen extension.
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/ven....hunch@mm.html
Backdoor.DSNX is a backdoor Trojan horse that can give a hacker access to your computer. Like many other backdoor Trojans, Backdoor.DSNX is controlled by the hacker using IRC channels.
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/ven...door.dsnx.html
W32.Porma@mm is a mass-mailing worm that sends itself to all contacts in the Microsoft Outlook address book. It copies itself as C:\http.www.sex.com.
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/ven....porma@mm.html
W32.Sysnom.C@mm is a mass-mailing worm that copies itself to C:\Windows \SoftwareKey.exe.
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/ven...snom.c@mm.html
X97M.Booklet.A is a macro virus that infects macros in Microsoft Excel files.
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/ven...booklet.a.html
W32.HLLP.Gosusub is a virus that infects most executable files on all local drives and mapped network drives. It deletes all .txt files that it finds. This virus contains bugs that may cause it to corrupt executable files when it infects them.
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/ven...p.gosusub.html
Re: Virus/worm alerts - Busy day
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Originally posted by zigar
yikes...these were all from todays alerts...
W32.HLLP.Gosusub is a virus that infects most executable files on all local drives and mapped network drives. It deletes all .txt files that it finds. This virus contains bugs that may cause it to corrupt executable files when it infects them.
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/ven...p.gosusub.html
A virus that has bugs. :D Too funny.
I can just see it now. "No thanks I don't want THAT version of the virus.. I'll wait for version 2. Thank YOU very much!!"
HAHAHA :eek: