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MG Family | |
Threat Level DamageDistribution |
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| Common name: | MG Family |
| Technical name: | MG Family |
| Threat level: | Low |
| Type: | Virus |
| Effects: |
It carries out damaging actions on the affected computer.
It does not spread automatically using its own means.
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| Affected platforms:
| MS-DOS |
| Detection updated on: | Oct. 15, 2009 |
| Statistics | No |
| Country of origin: | BULGARIA |
Brief Description | |
MG Family is a virus that spreads to other computers by copying its code to other files or programs. MG Family does not spread automatically using its own means. It needs an attacking user's intervention in order to reach the affected computer. The means of transmission used include, among others, floppy disks, CD-ROMs, email messages with attached files, Internet downloads, FTP, IRC channels, peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing networks, etc. MG Family uses the following infection strategies: - Resident: once it has been run, the virus goes memory resident and stops functions belonging to the operating system. Therefore, every time the operating system or an application tries to access any of these functions, the virus will activate and infect new files.
- Stealth: when the virus is memory resident, it hides the modifications made to the boot sectors or files it has infected. These modifications are: changes in size, date, attributes, etc.
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