well I did a bit of
searching and found a few sites which may help you understand what you have here.
it appears that this virus was detected in the second half of October 2003, and has been added to the latest McAffee detections (and I'd imagine, the updated av software of whatever company you use).
A few names such as "Win32/Bugbear.B@mm," "'Klez'", and "W32.Maldal.D@mm" appear in regards to this vulnerability.
The virus: "W32.Maldal.D@mm" behaves as follows (from
QuickHeal)
Quote:
Changes Made to the system:
WIN.EXE files is copies into Windows directory
Following entry is made into the registry to run WIN.EXE on every boot:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\run\System
Computer name is changed to ZaCker
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Quick Heal reports that "The detection and removal as a known virus has been provided in the special update provided on 3rd January 2002."
I would suggest downloading the latest
Stinger Scanner from McAffee's parent company. This is a free utility which scans for 30 of the most recent viri and will clean/remove them safely from your system.
I'm glad you asked this question...in helping you out, I've learned something too!
good luck!
~Branson
*crystaldragon, you beat me to it!
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