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Worm/Generic.FX

This worm spreads by internet and contains one dangerous payload action - every 3rd day of month worm overwrites files with doc, xls, mdb, mde, ppt, pps, zip, rar, pdf, psd and dmp extensions. More informations could be found in the Virus Encyclopedia.
January 24, 2006

Exploit.WMF

These files exploits WMF vulnerability in Windows Operating Systems that allows malware code execution while WMF format file is opening. Unfortunately security patch for this vulnerability is not available at this time. AVG detects these files as Exploit.WMF and also as Trojan horse Downloader.Agent.
December 29, 2005

I-Worm/Bagle.JH

It spreads thanks to massive SPAMing, messages contains attachements with zip extension and exe file inside with 9968 B size. Worm tries to download next component from the internet, but the link is no longer accessible.
December 15, 2005

I-Worm/Sober.CF

This virus comes in as an attachment to emails written in English or German language. The attachment is a Zip archive with random name which contains the random named executable file with 55,390 b size.
November 17, 2005

I-Worm/Sober.S, .T

This virus comes in as an attachment to emails written in English or Germanlanguage. The attachment is a Zip archive which contains the filePW_Klass.Pic.packed-bitmap.exe (113,551 b) in case of .S variant or fileScreen_Photo.jpeg-graphic1.exe (122,751 b) in case of .T variant.
October 6, 2005

I-Worm/Mytob.LY, LZ (aka Zotob.A - B)

This worm spreads exploiting security hole described in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-039. More information can be found in the Virus Encyclopedia
August 15, 2005

Win32/Gaelicum

We have reports about raising Win32/Gaelicum worm infections from lastfew days. More information can be found in the Virus Encyclopedia.
August 3, 2005

I-Worm/Sober.Q

This worm sends spammed messages from infected computer. More information can be found in the Virus Encyclopedia.
May 16, 2005

I-Worm/Sober.P

This virus arrives as an attachment to emails in English or German language. The attachment is a zip archive which contains the file called Winzipped-Text_Data.txt          .piffile. More information can be found in the Virus Encyclopedia
May 2, 2005

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