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Saturday, Jul 17, 2004
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Viruses Beagle worm variant identified Our Bureau
HYDERABAD: The Security Response team of Symantec Corporation has identified a new variant of the Beagle worm — W32.Beagle.AB@mm which has been upgraded to threat Level 3 due to increased submission rates from both corporate and consumer customers. Thus far, Symantec has received a total of 66 submissions, 17 of them from corporate customers. W32.Beagle.AB@mm is a mass-mailing worm that opens a backdoor and uses its own engine to spread through e-mail. The source code is embedded in the worm and may arrive in an e-mail or in an attached message. If a machine becomes infected with W32.Beagle.AB@mm, it will allow the attacker to have remote, unauthorised access to the machine. Due to the ability of the remote user to perform so many different actions on the server system, including installation of applications, it is highly recommended that compromised systems can be reinstalled. The threat also creates a mass mailing of itself, which may clog mail servers and downgrade system performance.
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