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W32.Beagle.AO@mm



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2004-08-09

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W32.Beagle.AO@mm is a mass-mailing worm that uses its own SMTP engine to spread. The email attachment is a downloader, similar to the Mitglieder family of Trojans, that downloads the worm from an external source.

The worm also contains backdoor functionality, opening TCP port 80 and UDP port 80.

Note: Virus definitions version 60809aj (extended version 8/9/2004 rev. 36) and greater are required to detect this threat. The respective LiveUpdate definitions which contain protection are version 60809ak (8/9/2004 rev. 37).

Find more information at Symantec.com.



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High: Considered to be a high risk concern. Update all software and virus definitions. Consider it a direct threat.

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