2005-12-29[Virus Alert] 5 new worms found
Worm name: WORM_LOCKSKY.T
Risk rating: HIGH
Damage Potential: HIGH
Distribution Potential: HIGH
Description:
This worm may arrive on a system as attachments to email messages.
It gathers email addresses from a legitimate system file used by the email cli...
2005-12-28[Virus Alert] 17 new worms found
Worm name: WORM_FEEBS.A
Risk rating: HIGH
Damage Potential: HIGH
Distribution Potential: HIGH
Description:
This worm spreads through peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing applications. It uses different file names, which are related to various applications...
2005-12-22[Virus Alert] 3 new worms found
Worm name: TROJ_BAGLE.GI
Risk rating: HIGH
Damage Potential: HIGH
Distribution Potential: HIGH
Description:
This memory-resident Trojan arrives on a system as an attachment to mass-mailed email messages.
Once a user executes the said attachment, it drops ...
2005-12-20[Virus Alert] 5 new worms found
Worm name: WORM_COMBRA.O
Risk rating: HIGH
Damage Potential: HIGH
Distribution Potential: HIGH
Description:
This memory-resident worm propagates by sending out three email messages to each target recipient using its own Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) e...
2005-12-19[Virus Alert] 8 new worms found
Worm name: WORM_BAGLE.CD
Risk rating: HIGH
Damage Potential: HIGH
Distribution Potential: HIGH
Description:
This worm attaches a copy of TROJ_BAGLE.CD to email messages that it sends to addresses found in an affected system's Windows Address Book.
Since t...
2005-12-16[Virus Alert] 12 new worms found
Worm name: SYMBOS_CARDTRP.D
Risk rating: MEDIUM
Damage Potential: MEDIUM
Distribution Potential: MEDIUM
Description:
This Symbian malware affects mobile devices running on Symbian operating system with the Series 60 Platform user interface.
It overwrites ...
2005-12-14[Virus Alert] 8 new worms found
Worm name: TROJ_BAGLE.CC
Risk rating: HIGH
Damage Potential: HIGH
Distribution Potential: HIGH
Description:
This Trojan terminates antivirus-related processes to prevent them from detecting and removing this Trojan. This action also makes the affected system...
2005-12-14[Microsoft Alert] Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-055
Vulnerability in Windows Kernel Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (908523)
2005-12-14[Microsoft Alert] Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-054
Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (905915)
2005-12-12[Virus Alert] 6 new worms found
Worm name: WORM_ZUSHA.D
Risk rating: HIGH
Damage Potential: HIGH
Distribution Potential: HIGH
Description:
This memory-resident worm exploits the following vulnerabilities to propagate across networks:
• RPCSS Service vulnerability
• LSASS Remote Buffer ...
