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Veslorn SE


Virus Notification/Information:
Source: CA (Outside Link)
Type: Trojan/Backdoor
Aliases:
Platform: Windows 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, 7, Server 2003, Server 2008
Distribution potential: Medium
Reported infections: Medium
Damage potential: High
Overall risk rating: High
Method(s) of Infection:
Trojans do not self-replicate. They are spread manually, often under the premise that the executable is something beneficial. Distribution channels include IRC, peer-to-peer networks, newsgroup postings, e-mail, [...]

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Teevsock C


Virus Notification/Information:
Source: CA (Outside Link)
Type: Trojan/Key Logger
Aliases:
Platform: Windows 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, Server 2003
Distribution potential: Medium
Reported infections: Low
Damage potential: High
Overall risk rating: Medium
Method(s) of Infection:
Trojans do not self-replicate. They are spread manually, often under the premise that the executable is something beneficial. Distribution channels include IRC, peer-to-peer networks, newsgroup postings, e-mail, etc.
Description:
This is [...]

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Backdoor ML


Virus Notification/Information:
Source: CA (Outside Link)
Type: Trojan
Aliases:
Platform: Windows 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, Server 2003
Distribution potential: Medium
Reported infections: Low
Damage potential: High
Overall risk rating: Medium
Method(s) of Infection:
Trojans do not self-replicate. They are spread manually, often under the premise that the executable is something beneficial. Distribution channels include IRC, peer-to-peer networks, newsgroup postings, e-mail, etc.
Description:
This is a [...]

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FakeAlert-CO


Virus Notification/Information:
Source: McAfee (Outside Link)
Type: Trojan
Aliases: None Found
Platform: Windows
Distribution potential: Low
Reported infections: Low
Damage potential: Medium
Overall risk rating: Low
Method(s) of Infection:
Trojans are spread manually, by following infected links, or opening infected files.
Description:
This virus can either terminate all running programs except System Processes and Services or may prompt for machine reboot.
The Trojan then pretends to scan your [...]

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Worm_Strat.Gen-3


Virus Notification/Information:
Source: Trend Micro (Outside Link)
Type: Worm
Aliases: W32.Stration@mm(Symantec), W32/Strati-Gen(Sophos), Trojan.Win32.Pozad.cv(Kaspersky), WORM/Stration.Gen(Avira), W32/Warezov.gen4(F-Prot), W32/Stration@MM(McAfee)
Platform: Windows 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, Server 2003
Distribution potential: High
Reported infections: Low
Damage potential: Medium
Overall risk rating: Medium
Method(s) of Infection:
Propagates through email. Once the worm is installed on the infected computer, it set’s the infected computer up to send more email with [...]

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BackDoor-AWQ.b


Virus Notification/Information:
Source: McAfee (Outside Link)
Type: Trojan
Aliases: Trojan Horse [Symantec], Mal/GrayBird-B [Sophos], BackDoor-AWQ.b [McAfee], Backdoor.Win32.Hupigon.ewzk [Kaspersky], Win32/Pigeon.AZLP [CA AV], Backdoor:Win32/Hupigon.gen [MS OneCare]
Platform: Windows
Distribution potential: Low
Reported infections: Medium
Damage potential: Low
Overall risk rating: Low
Method(s) of Infection:
A HTML email message intended to download and execute this trojan is known to have been spammed to users.
Trojans do not self-replicate. They [...]

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Spam-Mailbot.m


Virus Notification/Information:
Source: McAfee (Outside Link)
Type: Trojan
Aliases: Email-Worm.Win32.Joleee.adq, Mal/WaledPak-A, Spammer:Win32/Tedroo.I, Win32:TedoBot
Platform: Windows 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, Server 2003
Distribution potential: Low
Reported infections: Low
Damage potential: High
Overall risk rating: Low
Method(s) of Infection:
Trojans do not self-replicate. They are spread manually, often under the premise that the executable is something beneficial. Distribution channels include internet chat, peer-to-peer networks, newsgroup [...]

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Tip of the Day

Giving out personal information via e-mail is kind of like stapling your car payment (In Cash) to the outside of the envelope and then mailing it. Chances are better than slim it will be stolen.