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Updated on Dec 03, 2009
Win32/Hamweq is a worm that spreads via removable drives, such as USB memory sticks. It contains an IRC-based backdoor, which may be used by a remote attacker to order the affected machine to participate in Distributed Denial of Service attacks, or to download and execute arbitrary files.
 
 
Alert level: severe
Updated on Dec 17, 2008
Worm:Win32/Hamweq.J is a worm that spreads via removable drives, such as USB memory sticks. It may also be used by a remote attacker to order the affected machine to participate in Distributed Denial of Service attacks.
Alert level: severe
Updated on Oct 09, 2009
VirTool:Win32/VBInject.gen!BW is a detection of an obfuscator used by particular malware. It is written in VB (Visual Basic). It attempts to hinder analysis and detection of the malware code it is applied to. The malware code runs in memory directly without being dropped as a file.
Alert level: severe
Updated on Mar 22, 2017
Alert level: severe
Updated on Mar 16, 2009
TrojanDropper:Win32/Hamweq is a trojan that drops and installs Worm:Win32/Hamweq.A, a worm that spreads via removable drives, such as USB memory sticks. It contains an IRC-based backdoor, which may be used by a remote attacker to order the affected machine to participate in Distributed Denial of Service attacks, or to download and execute arbitrary files.
Alert level: severe
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