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Downloader.PCD
Threat Level Damage Distribution

Means of transmission 

Propagation through the exploits of remote vulnerabilities:

Downloader.PCD carries out the following process:

• It spreads by attacking IP addresses obtained at random or from the network to which the infected computer belongs.
• It tries to access the IP addresses under attack by exploiting an existing vulnerability or through an open port.
• If it does this, it downloads a copy of itself onto the vulnerable computer.

Further Details  

Downloader.PCD has the following additional characteristics:

• It is 1873 bytes in size.