Kelvir.B -- New Messenger worm is MEDIUM RISK

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Kelvir.B -- New Messenger worm is MEDIUM RISK, be careful with IM files and links

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harrywaldron View Member Profile	Mar 7 2005, 10:39 AM Post #1
Security Reporter Group: News Reporters Posts: 493 Joined: 10-April 04 From: Roanoke, Virginia Member No.: 107	Secunia has just declared MEDIUM RISK on Kelvir.B and Symantec also shows a high prevelance of this worm. The Spybot version dropped as a part of a "two-in-one" virus is more damaging than the Kelvir worm in an unpatched corporate network. W32.Kelvir.B is a worm that spreads through Windows Messenger and MSN Messenger and attempts to download and execute a variant of W32.Spybot.Worm. Kelvir.B -- New Messenger worm is MEDIUM RISK http://secunia.com/virus_information/16006/ EXAMPLE Additional links on this new Messenger worm Kelvir.A Secunia (Low Risk) http://secunia.com/virus_information/15994/kelvir/ McAfee (Low Risk, W32/Kelvir. http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_132208.htm Sophos (Low risk, W32/Kelvir- http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32kelvirb.html Symantec (Level 2, W32.Kelvir.A) http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.kelvir.a.html Trend Micro (Low Risk, WORM_KELVIR.A) http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/virusencyc...RM%5FKELVIR%2EA F-Secure (No risk, Both variants) http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/kelvir.shtml Kelvir.B Secunia (Medium Risk) http://secunia.com/virus_information/16006/kelvir.b/ Trend Micro (WORM_KELVIR.B, Medium Risk) http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/virusencyc...e=WORM_KELVIR.B Symantec (W32.Kelvir.B, Level 2) http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcen...2.kelvir.b.html Kelvir.C McAfee (W32/Kelvir.worm.c, Low Risk) http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_132210.htm -------------------- Microsoft Security Journal

sunmoon View Member Profile	Mar 21 2005, 05:43 PM Post #2
New Member Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 20-January 05 Member No.: 10,124	is there anyway to remove it?

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