Windows 2003/XP/2000/NT/ME/98/95

Vanbot.AO is a worm that spreads by copying itself, without infecting other files.

It reduces the security level of the computer: it awaits remote-control orders received through IRC, HTTP, or FTP.

Vanbot.AO uses the following propagation or distribution methods:

• Exploiting vulnerabilities with the intervention of the user: exploiting vulnerabilities in file formats or applications. To exploit them successfully it needs the intervention of the user: opening files, viewing malicious web pages, reading emails, etc.
• Computer networks (shared resources): it creates copies of itself in shared network resources to which it has access.