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Virus Threats:
Downloader.Dowdec
Trojan.Mdropper.Q
W32.Bacalid!inf
W32.Mobler.A

Downloader.Dowdec

Discovered: September 2, 2006
Updated: September 3, 2006 02:57:15 PM GDT
Also Known As: TROJ_DOWDEC.D [Trend Micro], Troj/Dowdec-C [Sophos]
Type: Trojan Horse
Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP

Downloader.Dowdec is a Trojan horse, which downloads Backdoor.Hupigeon.

Threat Assesment Wild
Wild Level: Low
Number of Infections: 0 - 49
Number of Sites: 0 - 2
Geographical Distribution: Low
Threat Containment: Easy
Removal: Easy
DamageDamage Level: Low
Payload: Download and executes Backdoor.Hupigeon.
DistributionDistribution Level: Low

Trojan.Mdropper.Q

Discovered: September 1, 2006
Updated: September 4, 2006 12:41:04 PM GDT
Type: Trojan Horse
Infection Length: 79,265 bytes
Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP

Trojan.Mdropper.Q is a Trojan horse that drops another threat on the compromised computer. The Trojan seems to exploit a previously undocumented vulnerability in Microsoft Word 2000.

Note: Virus definitions dated prior to September 3, 2006 may detect this threat as Trojan.Mdropper.

Threat Assesment
WildWild Level: Low
Number of Infections: 0 - 49
Number of Sites: 0 - 2
Geographical Distribution: Low
Threat Containment: Easy
Removal: Easy
DamageDamage Level: Low
Payload: Drops another threat onto the compromised computer.
DistributionDistribution Level: Low
Target of Infection: Computers with vulnerable versions of Microsoft Word 2000.

W32.Bacalid!inf

Discovered: September 1, 2006
Updated: September 3, 2006 03:15:36 PM GDT
Type: Virus
Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP

W32.Bacalid!inf is a detection for files that are infected by the W32.Bacalid virus.

Threat Assesment
WildWild Level: Low
Number of Infections: 0 - 49
Number of Sites: 0 - 2
Geographical Distribution: Low
Threat Containment: Easy
Removal: Easy
DamageDamage Level: Low
Payload: Drops an infected file onto the compromised computer
DistributionDistribution Level: Low

W32.Mobler.A

Discovered: September 1, 2006
Updated: September 2, 2006 02:13:01 PM GDT
Also Known As: WORM_MOBLER.A [Trend Micro]
Type: Worm
Infection Length: 287,744 bytes
Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP

W32.Mobler.A is a worm that copies itself to all writeable media on the compromised computer, including USB drives, floppy drives, and network shares.

Threat Assesment
WildWild Level: Low
Number of Infections: 0 - 49
Number of Sites: 0 - 2
Geographical Distribution: Low
Threat Containment: Easy
Removal: Easy
DamageDamage Level: Low
Payload: Copies itself to removable storage devices.
DistributionDistribution Level: Low

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