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Brontok.KX | |
Threat Level Damage Distribution |
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| Common name: | Brontok.KX |
| Technical name: | W32/Brontok.KX.worm |
| Threat level: | Medium |
| Type: | Worm |
| Effects: |
It spreads and affects other computers.
It spreads
, via email, via mapped drives, through shared network resources, by infecting files that are then distributed.
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| Affected platforms:
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Windows 2003/XP/2000/NT/ME/98/95 |
| First detected on: | May 4, 2010 |
| Detection updated on: | May 25, 2010 |
| Statistics | No |
Brief Description | |
Brontok.KX is a worm that spreads by copying itself, without infecting other files. Brontok.KX 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.
- Email: sending emails that include a copy of itself as an attachment. The computer is infected when the attachment is run.
- Computer networks (mapped drives): it creates copies of itself in mapped drives.
- Computer networks (shared resources): it creates copies of itself in shared network resources to which it has access.
- File infection: it infects different types of files, which are then distributed through any of the usual means: floppy disks, email messages with attachments, Internet download, files transferred via FTP, IRC channels, P2P file sharing networks, etc.
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