[pchelpers] News: ,,Virus warning: Bite the Bagle and become a zombie

June 29 2005
by Joris Evers
Trojan menace recruits for botnets...

A new version of the Bagle virus is attempting to turn PCs into zombies 
for use in cyber attack networks.

The variant surfaced over the weekend and was spammed to tens of 
thousands of internet users, according to Ero Carrera, a researcher at 
F-Secure. The antivirus software maker is calling the offshoot 
Mitglieder.CN but it is known by other names, such as Bagle.BQ or 
Tooso.J, at other security companies.

The latest Bagle behaves in a similar way to its non-self-propagating 
predecessors. It arrives in an email with an attachment. When the file 
is executed, the malicious program tries to disable firewalls and 
antivirus software. It then attempts to download and run a Trojan that 
hijacks the infected PC for use as part of a botnet.

More here:
http://www.snpx.com/cgi-bin/news55.cgi?target=100383965?-11434

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