Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Virus Profile: W32/IRCbot.worm!MS05-039

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Virus Profile: W32/IRCbot.worm!MS05-039

Name:W32/IRCbot.worm!MS05-039

Risk Assessment- Home Users: Low-Profiled / Corporate Users: Low-Profiled

Date Discovered: 8/16/2005

Date Added: 8/16/2005

Origin: Unknown

Length: 10366 bytes

Type:Virus

SubType:Internet Relay Chat

DAT Required:4560

Virus Characteristics-- Update August 19, 2005 --Due to a decrease in prevalence W32/IRCbot.worm!MS05-039 is being lowered to Low-Profiled risk. --

-- Update August 17, 2005 --Due to a decrease in reports of new infections, W32/IRCbot.worm!MS05-039 is being lowered to Medium risk.

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