Latest Virus Outbreak (PC)

[theveed]

W32.Zotob.E is a worm that opens a back door and exploits the Microsoft Windows Plug and Play Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (described in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-039) on TCP port 445.

W32.Zotob.E can run on, but not infect, computers running Windows 95/98/Me/NT4/XP. Although computers running these operating systems cannot be infected, they can still be used to infect vulnerable computers that they can connect to.

Notes:
It has been reported that computers targeted by W32.Zotob.E may become unstable during execution of the exploit code. This may result in the termination of the services.exe process, which causes the targeted computer to shutdown.
Virus definitions version 70816y (extended version 8/16/2005 rev. 25) or greater are required to detect this risk.
Customers running Norton Internet Security 2005 AntiSpyware Edition and Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition 10.x can make use of the product's ERASER remediation functionality to remove infections of this risk.


Also Known As: CME-540, Win32.Tpbot.A [Computer Associates], Bozori.A [F-Secure], Net-Worm.Win32.Bozori.a [Kaspersky Lab], W32/Bozori.worm.a!CME-540 [McAfee], W32/Tpbot-A [Sophos], WORM_RBOT.CBQ [Trend Micro]
Type: Worm
Infection Length: 10,366 bytes.
Systems Affected: Windows 2000

[mantoy]

buti na lang linux na gamit ko 99% of the time. :D

[marky438]

ano ba napapala ng mga virus code writers na yan?! :mad:

[mantoy]

ano ba napapala ng mga virus code writers na yan?! :mad:

yung iba kasi sila din nagbebenta ng antidote sa mga anti-virus companies. heheh.

[j_avonni]

Thanks for the info.

[falken]

ano ba napapala ng mga virus code writers na yan?! :mad:

Bragging rights.

[akoyon]

most of them support open source and hate bill gates :D

[wrecker]

actually this worm can't infect XP if you have all the hotfixes, in our office only a handfull of win2k machines were infected and none of the XPs

[FrankDrebin]

actually this worm can't infect XP if you have all the hotfixes, in our office only a handfull of win2k machines were infected and none of the XPs

AFAIK hindi talaga target ng Zotob ang mga XPs.

http://securityresponse.symantec.com...2.zotob.e.html

* While computers running Windows 95/98/Me/NT4/XP operating systems cannot be infected remotely, it is possible they could be infected if W32.Zotob.E is executed locally (although this is an unlikely occurrence). Vulnerable Windows 2000 computers could then be infected by the compromised computer.

Also Known As: CME-540, Win32.Tpbot.A [Computer Associates], Bozori.A [F-Secure], Net-Worm.Win32.Bozori.a [Kaspersky Lab], W32/Bozori.worm.a!CME-540 [McAfee], W32/Tpbot-A [Sophos], WORM_RBOT.CBQ [Trend Micro]

Type: Worm

Infection Length: 10,366 bytes.

Systems Affected: Windows 2000

[woulfe27]

win2k and NT lang tatamaan nito.