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W32.HLLW.Deadhat.B

Feb 12, 2004 2:16PM PST

Discovered on: February 12, 2004
Last Updated on: February 12, 2004 08:08:21 PM

W32.HLLW.Deadhat.B is a variant of W32.HLLW.Deadhat worm that has backdoor capabilities. It attempts to uninstall the W32.Mydoom.A@mm and W32.Mydoom.B@mm worms, and then it spreads to other systems infected with Mydoom. Also, it spreads through the Soulseek file-sharing program.

Also Known As: W32/Deadhat.B.worm [Panda]
Variants: W32.HLLW.Deadhat

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.hllw.deadhat.b.html

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