Worm/Lovgate.W - Worm

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Virus:	Worm/Lovgate.W
Date discovered:	20/07/2005
Type:	Worm
In the wild:	Yes
Reported Infections:	Medium
Distribution Potential:	Medium
Damage Potential:	Low to medium
Static file:	Yes
File size:	179.200 Bytes
MD5 checksum:	EE60B144AEA5AA8550FD3E0A873CFF2C
VDF version:	6.24.00.86 - Mon, 05 Apr 2004 13:29 (GMT+1)

General Methods of propagation:
   • Email
   • Local network

Aliases:
   • Symantec: W32.HLLW.Lovgate.I@mm
   • Mcafee: W32/Lovgate.w@M
   • Kaspersky: Email-Worm.Win32.LovGate.gen
   • TrendMicro: WORM_LOVGATE.W
   • F-Secure: W32/Lovgate.W@mm
   • Sophos: W32/Lovgate-AP
   • Grisoft: I-Worm/Lovgate.X
   • VirusBuster: I-Worm.Lovgate.BI
   • Bitdefender: Win32.LovGate.W@mm

Platforms / OS:
   • Windows 98
   • Windows 98 SE
   • Windows NT
   • Windows ME
   • Windows 2000
   • Windows XP

Side effects:
   • Disable security applications
   • Drops malicious files
   • Uses its own Email engine
   • Lowers security settings
   • Registry modification

For more details see full description here .

Description inserted by Andrei Gherman on Mon, 01 Aug 2005 23:00 (GMT+1)
Description updated by Andrei Ivanes on Tue, 14 Mar 2006 08:38 (GMT+1)

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