New KaZaA Worm!

[BD]Hobbit]

W32.HLLW.Gotorm is a worm that steals sensitive information from some video games and attempts to spread through the KaZaA file-sharing network.
When W32.HLLW.Gotorm is executed, it displays the fake error message, titled "Win Zip Self-Extractor."

Type: Worm
Infection Length: 196,608 bytes


Systems Affected: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Me
Systems Not Affected: Macintosh, OS/2, UNIX, Linux

THREAT ASSESSMENT
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Wild:

Number of infections: 0 - 49
Number of sites: 0 - 2
Geographical distribution: Low
Threat containment: Easy
Removal: Moderate


Visit
http://securityresponse.symantec.com...lw.gotorm.html

for all the details.

BD]Hobbit

[Maverick811]

Yet another reason NOT to use Kazaa...

I wonder how many unsuspecting users this one will get?

[Orangeguy]

Probably more than anyone could keep track of. so glad I don't use kazaa

[DeadAddict]

This does not surprise me any I have seen people download things off of Kazza and they don't even bother to look at the extension of the file. I hate to see how many people get infected by it

[KissCool]

Kazza becomes a vector of propagation to more and more worms. But it is not really more rampant than on IRC or newsgroups during their gold ages. Factors of infections are always the same, for each of those mediums: credulity.

[Maverick811]

Originally posted here by KissCool
Kazza becomes a vector of propagation to more and more worms. But it is not really more rampant than on IRC or newsgroups during their gold ages. Factors of infections are always the same, for each of those mediums: credulity.

Very true, very true indeed.. Also, education of users is a factor - if there were more educated users out there who knew simply some basics of Internet/online/virus transmission, etc., we wouldn't have nearly the amount of problems that we do today.. But on the flipside of that, if there were more educated users out there, there may be more unemployed IT professionals!

[Cybr1d]

Does that include kazaa clones such as Grokster? www.grokster.com

[Caffeinedd]

I havn't really heard of anything to dl music besides Kazaa. What do you guys use?

[CXGJarrod]

Use Kazaa - Get Antivirus - Update Antivirus Daily

So much of my extra consulting money comes from people coming to me after their computer recieved a virus that they downloaded from Kazaa. Oh well. I suppose it makes me money.

[Cyanosis]

Originally posted here by Cybr1d
Does that include kazaa clones such as Grokster? www.grokster.com

I would figure that it would work just the same between Grokster, BearShare, Imesh, and the other thousands of file sharing programs that popped up lately. Didnt Napster give out the coding for the P2P thing right before they shut down? Well, if they did, that means most of the new P2P programs are running off of the same core coding, and would pretty much make them all target.

One can just use FTP servers to find what you want. It will take longer, and you will still need to scan stuff, but its better than having everything you download tracked by a system that is being hounded by the RIAA.