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News Overview 2005.

December 2005.

November 2005.

  • W32.Mytob.MX aka Mytob.do: Uses its own SMTP engine. Spreads by sending itself as email attachment to addresses collected on the infected computer. Tries to disable security related applications.

  • W32.Sober.X[Y] aka Sober.AG:uses its own SMTP engine. Spreads by sending itself as email attachment to addresses collected on the infected computer. Tries to lower securityu settings. Email subject varies and will be in English or German.

  • W32.Sober Family - New variants Sober.S/T/V: all use their own SMTP engine. Spreads by sending itself as email attachment to addresses collected on the infected computer. Email subject varies and will be in English or German.

October 2005.

  • W32.Sober.Q[R/S] aka Sober.AC:uses its own SMTP engine. Spreads by sending itself as email attachment to addresses collected on the infected computer. Email subject varies and will be in English or German.

September 2005.

August 2005.

  • W32.Zotob family: new variant W32.Zotob.J.

  • W32.Zotob family: new variant W32.Zotob.F.

  • W32.Esbot.A aka W32/IRCbot: a worm that spreads by exploiting the Microsoft Windows Plug and Play Service Vulnerability.

  • W32.Zotob family: new variants W32.Zotob.D/E. Contains backdoor functionallities.

  • W32.Zotob family: a worm that spreads by exploiting the Microsoft Windows Plug and Play Service Vulnerability. Computers running Windows 95/98/Me/ NT4 cannot be infected, but can still be used to infect vulnerable computers that they can connect to.

July 2005.

  • W32.Mytob family: added new variants.

June 2005.

  • W32.Mytob family: added new variants.

  • W32.Mytob family: multiple variants. Uses its own SMTP engine. Spreads by sending itself as email attachment to addresses collected on the infected computer.

May 2005.

  • W32.Lanieca.A aka Eyeveg: uses its own SMTP engine. Spreads by sending itself as email attachment to addresses collected on the infected computer.

  • W32.Mydoom.BO aka Mytob: uses its own SMTP engine. Spreads by sending itself as email attachment to addresses collected on the infected computer. Contains a backdoor that listens on TCP port 6677.

  • W32.Sober.O[P/S] aka Sober.O[P/S] :uses its own SMTP engine. Spreads by sending itself as email attachment to addresses collected on the infected computer. Email subject varies and will be in English or German.

April 2005.

  • W32.Sober.N[O] aka Sober.N[O]:uses its own SMTP engine. Spreads by sending itself as email attachment to addresses collected on the infected computer. Email subject varies and will be in English or German.

March 2005.

  • W32.Sober.L[M] aka Sober.L[M]:uses its own SMTP engine. Spreads by sending itself as email attachment to addresses collected on the infected computer. Email subject varies and will be in English or German.

    The email has the following characteristics:
    Subject: "Ich habe Ihre E-Mail bekommen!". or
    Subject: "Your Password & Account number".
    Attachment name: *.zip

February 2005.

  • W32.Sober.K[L] aka Sober.K[L]:uses its own SMTP engine. Spreads by sending itself as email attachment to addresses collected on the infected computer. Email subject varies and will be in English or German.

  • W32.Mydoom.AZ[BC] aka Mydoom.AZ[BC]: new variants of W32.Mydoom. Use it's own SMTP engine to send itself to all the email addresses it finds in Windows Address Book.

  • W32.Mydoom.AX[BB] aka Mydoom.AX[BB]: new variants of W32.Mydoom. Use it's own SMTP engine to send itself to all the email addresses it finds in Windows Address Book.

  • W32.Bropia.F[J] aka Bropia.F[J]: uses MSN messenger for spreading and drops a variant of Spybot - Agobot on the infected system.

January 2005.

  • W32.Beagle.AY[AZ] aka Bagle.AY[AZ]: a mass-mailing worm that also spreads through file-sharing networks and contains a backdoor that listens on TCP port 81.

  • W32.Zar.A aka Zar.A:Uses uses MAPI to send an email to all addresses it finds in Microsoft Outlook Address Book.

    The email has the following characteristics:
    Subject: "Tsunami Donation! Please help".
    Attachment name: tsunami.exe


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