From; Secunia Virus Alert: BAGLE.Z Risk Rating: HIGH RISK Confirmed By: 6 Vendors Secunia Virus Information has issued a HIGH RISK alert for: BAGLE.Z Learn More About BAGLE.Z Online At Secunia: http://secunia.com/virus_information/9050/ *** From the web page; BAGLE.Z First Report: 2004-04-28 14:08 Last Update: 2004-04-29 03:35 Risk Rating: High Risk Aliases: Bagle.AB Bagle.Z I-Worm.Bagle.z I-Worm/Bagle.AB W32.Beagle.X@mm W32/Bagle-AA W32/Bagle.aa@MM W32/Bagle.AB.worm W32/Bagle.Z@mm Win32.Bagle.X Win32/Bagle.AB Win32/Bagle.Z@mm Win32:Beagle-Z Worm/Bagle.AA WORM_BAGLE.Z Virus Alerts: Secunia issued a HIGH RISK alert for this virus. 2004-04-29 03:37 Secunia issued a MEDIUM RISK alert for this virus. 2004-04-28 18:13 Receive Free Virus Alerts Information From AntiVirus Vendors Below you find information from different vendors, which have been included in this Secunia Virus Profile. Information from the vendors is sorted by the time the information became publicly available at the vendor websites. The first available reports will be displayed first. Please note timestamps are in GMT+1. #1 - TREND MICRO http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=WORM_BAGLE.Z WORM_BAGLE.Z Severity: 2/3 File Size: - Reported: 2004-04-28 14:08 Last Update: 2004-04-29 00:04 Description: As of April 28, 2004 11:34 AM PST, TrendLabs has declared a Medium Risk Virus Alert to control the spread of this BAGLE variant. Several infection reports indicate that it is spreading in Europe and the US. Full Report From Vendor View/Hide ChangeLog #2 - F-SECURE http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/bagle_z.shtml Bagle.Z Severity: 2/3 File Size: - Reported: 2004-04-28 14:13 Last Update: 2004-04-28 18:13 Description: Yet another new Bagle variant was found on April 28th, 2004. This variant is similar to the previous .Y variant, but does not send images in its e-mails. #3 - NETWORK ASSOCIATES http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_124875.htm W32/Bagle.aa@MM Severity: 5/7 File Size: Various (Appended garbage) Reported: 2004-04-28 14:14 Last Update: 2004-04-29 01:49 Description: Due to an increase in prevalence, the risk assessment of this threat has been raised to Medium on Watch. -- Full Report From Vendor Removal Tool/Instructions View/Hide ChangeLog #4 - PANDA ANTIVIRUS http://www.pandasoftware.com/virus_info/encyclopedia/overview.aspx?IdVirus=46 740&sind=0 Bagle.AB Severity: 4/4 File Size: - Reported: 2004-04-28 14:15 Last Update: 2004-04-29 03:35 Description: It notifies its author that the computer has been affected. It ends processes belonging to several security programs and to several worms. Full Report From Vendor View/Hide ChangeLog #5 - SYMANTEC http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.beagle.x@xxxxxxx W32.Beagle.X@mm Severity: 3/5 File Size: - Reported: 2004-04-28 17:02 Last Update: 2004-04-29 02:06 Description: W32.Beagle.X@mm is a mass-mailing worm that attempts to spread using mail and file-sharing networks. The worm also opens a backdoor on an infected computer. Full Report From Vendor Removal Tool/Instructions View/Hide ChangeLog #6 - SOPHOS http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32bagleaa.html W32/Bagle-AA Severity: - File Size: - Reported: 2004-04-28 17:35 Last Update: 2004-04-28 23:30 Description: W32/Bagle-AA is a member of the W32/Bagle family of worms. Full Report From Vendor View/Hide ChangeLog _______________________________________ Virus Information Available At Secunia: - Virus aliases - Vendor severity ratings - Vendor changelogs - Short descriptions - File sizes - Grouped virus profiles with information from 7 antivirus vendors - Links to removal tools/instructions - Links to extensive vendor reports - Searchable index of all virus information Secunia Website: http://secunia.com/ More Information About Secunia Virus Alerts: http://secunia.com/secunia_virus_alerts/ *********** MIKE"S REPLY SEPARATOR *********** Mike ~ It is a good day if I learned something new. Editor MikesWhatsNews see a sample on my web page http://www3.telus.net/mikebike <mikeswhatsnews-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=subscribe> http://www3.telus.net/mikebike/worm_removal.htm See my Anti-Virus pages http://virusinfo.hackfix.org/index <virusinfo-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=subscribe> A Technical Support Alliance and OWTA Charter Member