[pchelpers] News:Worm appears as Microsoft antipiracy program
- From: John Durham <john.modec@xxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2006 07:37:50 +1200
New malware spreads through AOL's Instant Messenger program
By Jeremy Kirk, IDG News Service
June 30, 2006
Security analysts have detected a new piece of malware that appears to
run as a Microsoft program used to detect unlicensed versions of its
operating system.
The malware has been classified as a worm and spreads through AOL's
Instant Messenger program, said Graham Cluley, senior technology
consultant for Sophos, a security vendor.
Sophos is calling it W32.Cuebot-K, a new variation in the Cuebot family
of malware. The worm has a range of malicious functions. After it's
installed, the worm immediately tries to connect to two Web sites, a
sign it may try to download other bad programs on the machine.
More here:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/06/30/HNwormmsantipiracy_1.html
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