Summary
A type of worm that replicates by sending complete, independent copies of itself over a network.
Disinfection & Removal
The Lovsan disinfection tool has been updated for Lovsan.C. The tool can be downloaded from:
- ftp://ftp.f-secure.com/anti-virus/tools/f-lovsan.zip
Documentation on the tool is available from:
- ftp://ftp.f-secure.com/anti-virus/tools/f-lovsan.txt
Technical Details
The new C variant of Net-Worm:W32/Lovsan was found on August 13th 2003.
This variant is functional identical to Lovsan.A but it uses the file name "penis32.exe"
Detection
F-Secure Anti-Virus detects this worm with the database updates:
Detection Type: PC
Database: 2003-08-13_03
Description Created: 2010-06-11 11:33:27.0
Description Last Modified: 2010-06-11 06:40:42.0
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