Thread: Another Virus - Bagle BC
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Old 29-10-2004, 17:41   #3
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Re: Another Virus - Bagle BC
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Originally Posted by BitDefender
Bucharest, 29.10.2004 A new variant of the Bagle strain was detected today by BitDefender Labs and is spreading fast, having been reported in numerous instances in the wild. Bagle.AX is a classical mass mailer, in no way dissimilar to its predecessors. It obviously spreads by e-mail, but also copies itself into shared folders, under various appetizing names like "Serials.txt.exe"

The virus has a backdoor component, which presumably listens for commands from its creators and uses a simple trick to create copies of itself that are of variable length, making it harder to filter out of e-mails.

When asked to comment on the apparent success the new virus has had, BitDefender CTO Bogdan Dumitru declared: "At this time, I can think of no reason other than deft initial seeding. The author, or authors, must have had a list of vulnerable machines at hand."

BitDefender labs have been detecting this virus since it first appeared last night, under the name of Win32.Bagle.10.Gen@mm. A specific signature update has been issued, and a free removal tool is also available on the BitDefender website. A full technical description can be found here.
some more useless information on it, as ever the "click here" link at the end has masses of info on what it is doing...
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