TREND MICRO: RISCHIO MEDIO PER "W32.MYTOB.EG"

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Aliases:
WORM_MYTOB.EG (Trend Micro), W32.Mydoom.BQ@mm (Symantec), Net-Worm.Win32.Mytob.au (Kaspersky (viruslist.com)), W32/Mytob-AU (Sophos)

Effetti:
This memory-resident worm propagates by sending a copy of itself as an attachment to an email message, which it sends to target recipients, using its own Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) engine. Upon execution, it drops a copy of itself in the Windows system folder as the file INTERNET.EXE.

Info:
http://es.trendmicro-europe.com/ente...=WORM_MYTOB.EG
http://alerta-antivirus.red.es/virus....html?cod=4986
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/ven...oom.bq@mm.html


Aggiornamento AntiVirus al 10/05/05 (Y)

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TAIPEI, May 11 Asia Pulse - Trend Micro, a world's leading provider of antivirus and Internet content security software and services, issued Tuesday a medium-risk alert on the computer virus WORM_MYTOB.EG that propagates via e-mail. The virus is spreading fast in Asia, with attacks already reported in Japan and Taiwan, and is advancing toward America, company officials said...

Leggi: http://sg.news.yahoo.com/050511/16/3sgbv.html

MyDoom variant opens backdoor IRC channel

Security experts have warned of a newly intercepted worm spreading throughout Europe which allows hackers to take remote control of infected PCs. MyDoom.BQ, also known as Mytob.ED, arrives as an attachment in an email claiming that the user's email system has been "locked" for security reasons...

Leggi: http://www.vnunet.com/news/1162938

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Symantec: http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/ven...oval.tool.html

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(ASCA) - Roma, 11 mag - L'autore o gli autori dei worm Mytob continuano a invadere Internet con il maggior numero possibile di codici maligni. Mytob e' particolarmente pericoloso perche' le sue caratteristiche di backdoor permettono il controllo remoto dei Pc infettati. Le nuove varianti di questo worm, molto simili alle precedenti, si diffondono attraverso la posta elettronica con messaggi che avvisano gli utenti dell'esistenza di problemi dell'account di posta o delle e-mail spedite...

Leggi: http://it.news.yahoo.com/050511/26/37xf5.html