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Published May 26, 2005 | Updated Sep 15, 2017

Worm:Win32/Lovgate.S@mm

Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Aliases: W32/Lovgate-AL (Sophos) Email-Worm.Win32.LovGate.t (Sunbelt Software) WORM_LOVGATE.T (Trend Micro)

Summary

Worm:Win32/Lovgate.S@mm is a mass-mailing worm that sends itself as an e-mail attachment to addresses found on the infected computer. To spread via networks and file shares, Worm:Win32/Lovgate.S@mm copies itself to writeable network shares and those protected by weak user name and password combinations. The worm opens a backdoor on infected systems and may send system passwords and other sensitive information to the worm's author.
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