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W32.Mytob.C@mm (Symantec.com)

W32.Mytob.C@mm (Symantec.com)

Discovered on: February 28, 2005
Last Updated on: March 01, 2005 10:30:35 AM

W32.Mytob.C@mm is a mass-mailing worm that uses it own SMTP engine to send an email to addresses that it gathers from the Windows Address Book on the compromised computer.

The worm also has the ability to open a back door and spread through the network by exploiting the Microsoft Windows Local Security Authority Service Remote Buffer Overflow (described in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-011).


Also Known As: Net-Worm.Win32.Mytob.b [Kaspersky Lab], W32/Mydoom.bh@MM [McAfee], W32/MyDoom-BG [Sophos], WORM_MYTOB.B [Trend Micro]

Type:                    Worm
Infection Length: 48,766 bytes
Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT,
                              Windows Server 2003, Windows XP

More information on Symantec Security Response site:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.mytob.c@mm.html

Source: Symantec Corporation
www.symantec.com

2005-03-01 13:53

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