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Windows Worm Spreads Over Weekend
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Posted by Donster on: 2006-08-14 15:33:37 731
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By Ed Oswald, BetaNews
Various security firms began warning of a new exploit that takes advantage of a vulnerability in Server Service function of Windows. The exploit involves the same advisory that Homeland Security warned computer users about late last week, and appears to be spreading as a worm like initially feared.
The virus is known by a host of names depending on security vendor: Backdoor.Win32.IRCBot.st through Kaspersky, Backdoor:Win32/Graweg through Microsoft, W32.Wargbot through Symantec, W32/Cuebot through Sophos, and WORM_IRCBOT through TrendMicro.
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