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An antivirus vendor is warning people to be on the lookout for a worm disguised as nude glamour pinups, though the virus's threat level is very low.
The Maslan worm appears to be politically motivated, with infected machines intended to launch a denial-of-service attack against Web sites run by Chechen separatist supporters, antivirus firm Sophos said in an advisory Thursday.
According to Symantec, W32.Maslan.C@mm is a mass-mailing worm that opens a back door and exploits system vulnerabilities on a compromised computer. The worm also steals passwords using a keylogger. In addition, it attempts to attack a series of firewalls and antivirus settings on an infected machine.
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CNET
An antivirus vendor is warning people to be on the lookout for a worm disguised as nude glamour pinups, though the virus's threat level is very low.
The Maslan worm appears to be politically motivated, with infected machines intended to launch a denial-of-service attack against Web sites run by Chechen separatist supporters, antivirus firm Sophos said in an advisory Thursday.
According to Symantec, W32.Maslan.C@mm is a mass-mailing worm that opens a back door and exploits system vulnerabilities on a compromised computer. The worm also steals passwords using a keylogger. In addition, it attempts to attack a series of firewalls and antivirus settings on an infected machine.
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CNET
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