Windows malware

Jerusalem caused the first major computer virus epidemic – it infected enterprises, government offices and academic institutions around the world.

Further information about the new backdoor

The spamming continues. We have just detected the latest variant – Email-Worm.Win32.Bagle.ek

The Bagles are continuing to come in. We’ve detected 6 new variants so far, and just released an urgent update.

Over the course of the last hours we’ve been seeing a number of new Bagles massively spammed. They are detected as Email-Worm.Win32.Bagle.ed-eg.

Net-Worm.Win32.Mytob.bi ?

Here in Russia we are getting letters from users who have been hit by Virus.Win32.JuNy.b.

As the previous post says, there have been a lot of new Bagle modifications in the last 24 hours. And they’re continuing.

During the last six hours or so we’ve seen another flurry of Bagle variants.

We’ve just released an urgent update for the fourth spammed Bagle. And just like before these Bagles don’t spread any further.

During the past few months Kaspersky Lab analysts have observed a surge in the number of rootkits detected. What has caused this growth and what risks do rootkits pose to users?

We’ve recently detected a third modification of Email-Worm.Win32.Monikey. Our interest was piqued by the fact that Monikey incorporates modifications of Trojan-PSW.Win32.Vipgsm and Trojan-PSW.Win32.LdPinch.

We’ve decided to rename Net-Worm.Win32.Small.d to Net-Worm.Win32.Bozori.a. Infection reports are coming mostly from the USA, with some high-profile targets being hit.

We’ve received numerous reports on a new worm spreading via the PnP vulnerability. We detect it as Net-Worm.Win32.Small.d.

A quick update: over the last twenty four hours, we had eleven new Bagle variants, from Bagle.bz to Bagle.cj.