-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Gimmiv-A Trojan - Last week's critical update

My bad.  Gimmiv-A is classified as a worm, not a Trojan.

Peace,
Gman

"The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gman" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "PCTechTalk Group <FreeLists>" <PCTechTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 1:04 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Gimmiv-A Trojan - Last week's critical update


> The Trojan that's blocked by last week's emergency Windows Update is 
> called
> Gimmiv-A.  If anyone is concerned whether they patched their system fast
> enough, here's the info on what it does.  Just looking to see if the
> sysmgr.dll file should be enough to ease your mind a bit.  Since the
> location given below is written in computer-speak, the translation for 
> most
> system is "C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem".  An exception to that would only
> happen if you installed Windows to somewhere other than the default
> C:\Windows location.
>
> Since this Trojan hit, most malware fighting tools have likely been 
> updated
> to include definitions for it and others that may be based on the concept.
> Make sure you have the latest available definitions for all of the
> anti-malware items you're running on your system, just to be safe.
>
> If you have any questions about any of this, just give a yip.     :) 

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