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WORM_AGOBOT.GA

Mar 7, 2004 11:57PM PST

Virus type: Worm

Destructive: No

Aliases: Backdoor.Agobot.gen, W32/Gaobot.worm.gen.d

Description:


This worm takes advantage of the following Windows vulnerabilities to propagate:

Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) vulnerability
IIS5/WEBDAV Buffer Overflow vulnerability
RPC Locator Vulnerability
For more information about these Windows vulnerabilities, please refer to the following Microsoft Web pages:

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-026
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-001
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-007
This worm runs on Windows NT, 2000, and XP.

http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=WORM_AGOBOT.GA

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