W32.Tzet.Worm (discovered July 28, 2003) is a worm that spreads by attacking computers that have weak administrator passwords or weak default accounts passwords (such as guest). This worm contains a backdoor and allows a remote attacker to re-route their network traffic through an infected host.


Type: Worm
Infection Length: several files
Systems Affected: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Me
Systems Not Affected: Windows 3.x, Macintosh, OS/2, UNIX, Linux

Threat Assesment:

Wild:

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

All information recieved from:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com...r/vinfodb.html

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