Worm
worm Worm derived from ’tapeworm’ in John Brunner’s novel "The Shockwave Rider", via XEROX PARC. A program that propagates itself over a network, reproducing itself as it goes. Compare virus. Nowadays the term has ...

Worm
A worm is a program which reproduces by copying itself over and over, system to system. Worms are self-contained and generally use networks to spread.

Network Worms
A network worm is usually a standalone program that tries to copy itself to other computers connected to the same LAN (Local Area Network). Such worms travel from one computer to another using shares. A ...

Worm Infects Computers With Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Worm Infects Computers With Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities The worm which spreads to computers at random IP addresses that are infected with virus to the following Microsoft buffer overflow vulnerabilities: DCOM RPC, WebDAV, IIS5/WEBDAV and Locator Service. For ...

MICROSOFT’S Virus/Worm Writer Bounty Pays Off?
MICROSOFT’S Virus/Worm Writer Bounty Pays Off? Microsoft’s offer of a $250,000 dollar reward for information leading to the arrest of the Sasser worm author appears to have paid off. A ring of virus writers ...

Worm that targets virus researchers
Worm that targets virus researchers The W32 / Gatt virus was first detected earlier this month. It infects all .idc files, a format that is used for scripts for the Interactive Disassembler Pro application commonly used ...

Zotob worm infects CNN, ABC and other Media ...
Zotob worm infects CNN, ABC and others It was reported that ABC news writers had to resorted to typewriters to prepare copy for the "World News Tonight" broadcast on Tuesday, as the network and other media ...

Sober.N!Zip Worm
Sober.N!Zip Worm This virus comes as an attachment in the form of a .zip file that contains an executable file named ’winzipped-text_data.txt.pif’. The filename contains a dual extension: the first is .txt, followed by many spaces ...

Storm Worm Botnet Computer Virus
Storm Worm Botnet Computer Virus The FBI issued a warning today about e-mails that purport to link readers to an article about the "FBI Verses Facebook". The FBI Agent says the link is a virus, ...

Removal of Blaster Worm ( MSBlast + Nachi ) virus
W32.Blaster.Worm (Worm/Lovsan.A) is only able to infect Windows NT/2000/XP systems. Computer Virus Outbreak News So is your computer infected? Right click on the 'task bar' and select 'Task Manager'. Click on the 'Processes' tab. If you can find a ...

Zindos Computer Virus
Zindos Computer Virus Win32 / Zindos is a worm that targets computers running Windows. The worm spreads to computers that are already infected by the mass-mailer worm Win32 / Mydoom.O@mm. Win32 / Zindos may perform ...

SQL Slammer Computer Virus
SQL Slammer The Slammer worm targets versions of Microsoft SQL Server 2000 products, as well as MSDE 2000 and related packages. The outbreak began on 25 January 2003 (GMT). According to early reports, the worm ...

Blaster Computer Virus
Blaster Computer Virus Discovered on: August 11, 2003 Systems infected: Windows 2000, Windows XP. Systems not infected: Linux, Macintosh, OS/2, UNIX, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT. W32.Blaster.Worm is a worm that exploits the DCOM RPC vulnerability ...

Atak Computer Virus
Atak Computer Virus Also known as Atak.A worm, Atak.B. Affects only PCs running Windows 95 through Windows XP. Atak is a mass-mailing worm that tries to turn off the most popular antivirus and firewall applications and then ...

Lovgate Computer Virus
Lovgate Computer Virus Lovgate Computer Virus is mass mailing and network worm which also has a backdoor component. Apart form the mass mailing functionality this worm can spread through windows shares and steal users´ ...

Nachi Computer Virus
Nachi Computer Virus Win32 / Nachi is a family of network worms that spread across network connections by exploiting one or more vulnerabilities in Windows. These worms can also spread using backdoors opened by other ...

Download
Download Stinger.exe (this will link to mcafee site). Stinger is a small (about 800kb, that can easily copied into a floppy) stand-alone utility for all version of Microsoft Windows. It is a fast and quick ...

Code Red Computer Virus
Code Red The Code Red worm is self-replicating malicious code that exploits a known vulnerability in Microsoft IIS servers.  The "Code Red" worm attack proceeds as follows: The "Code Red" worm attempts to connect to TCP port ...

DRVDDLL.EXE
DRVDDLL.EXE W32.Beagle.AP@mm is a mass-mailing worm that spreads via email, using its own SMTP engine. It copies itself as the following files: drvddll.exe; drvddll.exeopen; drvddll.exeopenopen; drvddll.exeopenopenopen. Alias: I-Worm/Bagle.AB, Win32:Beagle-Z, Worm/Bagle.AA, Win32/Bagle.AB, W32/Bagle.aa @MM, W32.Beagle.X @mm, I-Worm.Bagle.z, Win32/Bagle.Z ...

Removal of W32.Bugbear.b@MM
The worm uses the Incorrect MIME Header Can Cause IE to Execute E-mail Attachment vulnerability to cause unpatched systems to auto-execute the worm when reading or previewing an infected message.

In addition, the worm ...

SQL.Spida Computer Virus
SQL Spida Computer Virus > Source IP: 203.125.96.38
> Time Zone: UTC
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> Event Date Time, Destination IP, IP Protocol, Target
> Port, Issue
> Description, Source Port, Event Count
> EventRecord: 6 Dec ...

AVG Virus Remover
AVG Virus Remover Download the remover vcleaner.exe. Restart your computer in Safe mode and run the remover on the infected computer. Download Now - Link to Grisoft.com site - maker of AVG Virus Remover.  This is a very ...

Novarg Computer Virus
Novarg Computer Virus Discovered on: January 26, 2004 Systems infected: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP System not infected: DOS, Linux, Macintosh, OS/2, UNIX, Windows 3.x ...

WIN.exe
WIN.exe W32/Agobot-KN is an IRC backdoor Trojan and network worm which establishes an IRC channel to a remote server in order to grant an intruder access to the compromised computer.  This worm will move itself into ...

SirCam Computer Virus
SirCam.worm SirCam virus send out random files and personal documents from infected PCs, not all of the information that spread with Win32/SirCam was spread by the worm itself. Almost as soon as updated descriptions of ...