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W32.Badtrans.B
 
Alias : W32.Badtrans-II
 
Category : Worm
 
Type : Mass Mailer
 
Update Number : 810
 
Description : W32.Badtrans-B is a variant of W32.Badtrans-A. It is received as an e-mail and uses the MS-Outlook security hole to automatically execute itself whenever the mail is viewed (as done in W32.Nimda).
 
Details : It copies itself as KERNEL32.EXE in the Windows System folder and adds a registry entry to automatically execute itself whenever the user logs into the system. It tries to mail itself to contacts from the Outlook address book.
 
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Instructions : Remove the virus as detected with SmartCOP and re-start your system.
 

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