| WARNING: |
W32.Beagle.A@mm |
| Threat level: |
Category 3, Moderate (scale of 1-5) |
|
Type: |
Worm |
| Protection Updates: |
January 18, 2004 or later (via
LiveUpdate) |
What is W32.Beagle.A@mm
and how does it affect me?
W32.Beagle.A@mm is a mass-mailing
worm that will only work
until 28th of January. The worm will
send itself to all email
addresses it gathers from certain files
on a compromised system,
and creates a mass-mailing of itself
which may clog mail servers
or degrade network performance.
Additionally,
W32.Beagle.@mm will direct the compromised system to
download
and execute a Trojan horse. The purpose of this Trojan
horse is
unknown at this time. The worm also attempts to access
scripts
from a certain website, although the scripts are unknown.
The emails sent by this worm will have the following
characteristics:
Subject:
Hi
Message:
Test =)
<Random characters>
Test,
yep.
Filename: <Random>.exe
Filesize:
16Kbytes
To read
more about the W32.Beagle.A@mm, please click
here.
What
action can I take from here?
- Go to Symantec Security Response for posted
virus
definitions!
All
users of Norton AntiVirus
who do not have up-to-date virus
protection should
immediately run LiveUpdate for protection
from
W32.Beagle.A@mm.
Virus
definitions are available via the LiveUpdate feature in the Norton
AntiVirus product or the Symantec
Security Response Web site.
Symantec Security Response encourages all Norton AntiVirus
users to regularly download virus definitions in order to protect
against future threats. For more information on how to run
LiveUpdate, please click
here.
- Run LiveUpdate
Virus
definitions are available via the LiveUpdate
feature in the
Norton AntiVirus product or the
Symantec
Security Response Web site.
- Upgrade Norton AntiVirus(TM)
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you have an older version of Norton AntiVirus
and would like
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here:
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Sincerely,
Symantec
Security Response Team
Symantec Corporation
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