Discovered on: November 17, 2003
Last Updated on: November 19, 2003 03:39:10 PM
W32.Francette.Worm is a worm that exploits the DCOM RPC vulnerability (described in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-026) using TCP port 135. The existence of the file syshost.exe is an indication of a possible infection.
This worm is written in Borland Delphi and is packed with ASPack.
Also Known As: Worm.Win32.Francette.a [Kaspersky], W32/Tumbi.worm [McAfee]
Type: Worm
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.francette.worm.html

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