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Name: |
Fotovideos |
| Type: |
Worm |
| Also Known As: |
Infostealer.Orcu(symantec) |
| Danger Level: |
7 |
| Category Description: |
Virus-like program that spreads automatically to other computers by sending itself out by email or by any other means. A program that propagates itself by attacking other machines and copying itself to the affected machine.
Worms have self-replicating code that travels from machine to machine by various means. A worms first objective is merely propagation. Worms can be destructive depending on what payload they have been given. Worms may replace files, but do not insert themselves into files. |
| Official Description: |
This worm spreads through Orkut.It copies itself in "%windir%/system32" folder(%windir% is a folder where windows is installed). This also installs a Browser Helper Object using which it steals information when visited sites like banking sites.It also collects system related data regarding hard-disk, motherboard and Mac address. |
| Comment: |
If any Orkut user opens S/He opens account on the infected machine, a message with the infection link is sent to the friend?s list. Crashing of the explorer were also seen when any explorer window was closed. |
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