Source: Symante.com & Trendmicro.com
Discovered: November 12, 2007
Updated: November 12, 2007 5:33:41 PM
Also Known As: W32/Mabezat-A [Sophos], W32/UA07 [McAfee]
Type: Worm
Infection Length: 29,366 bytes
Systems Affected: Windows 98, Windows 95, Windows XP, Windows Me, Windows Vista, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000
W32.Mabezat.A is a worm that spreads through removable drives and network shares protected by weak passwords.
Technical Details:
When the worm is executed, it creates the following files:
- %System%\salo.exe
- %SystemDrive%\1.txt
- %DriveLetter%\My documents .exe
- %DriveLetter%\Readme.doc .exe
- %DriveLetter%\tazebama.exe
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