Worm/McMaggot.A - Worm

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Virus:	Worm/McMaggot.A
Date discovered:	04/12/2008
Type:	Worm
In the wild:	Yes
Reported Infections:	Low to medium
Distribution Potential:	Medium
Damage Potential:	Low to medium
Static file:	Yes
File size:	449.024 Bytes
MD5 checksum:	0Aa203943d1e264973b2993ca09ef4c3
IVDF version:	7.01.00.184 - Thu, 04 Dec 2008 08:57 (GMT+1)

General Method of propagation:
   • Email

Aliases:
   • Symantec: W32.Ackantta@mm
   • Mcafee: W32/Xirtem@MM virus !!!
   • Kaspersky: Trojan-Banker.Win32.Banker.abbi
   • Grisoft: Downloader.Agent.APQJ
   • Bitdefender: Win32.Worm.McMaggot.A

It was previously detected as:
   • TR/Dropper.Gen

Platforms / OS:
   • Windows 95
   • Windows 98
   • Windows 98 SE
   • Windows NT
   • Windows ME
   • Windows 2000
   • Windows XP
   • Windows 2003

Side effects:
   • Drops a malicious file
   • Uses its own Email engine
   • Lowers security settings
   • Registry modification

For more details see full description here .

Description inserted by Alexander Neth on Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:27 (GMT+1)
Description updated by Alexander Neth on Thu, 04 Dec 2008 08:19 (GMT+1)

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