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Polipos.a

Alias:P2P-Worm.Win32.Polipos.a, Win32/Polipos.A
Type:Virus, Worm
Category:Virus
Platform:Win32

Summary

Polipos.A is a polymorphic, entry point obfuscating virus that infects Windows portable executable (PE) files. It can also spread in P2P networks and disable security-related software.

Detection



F-Secure Anti-Virus detects this malware with the following updates:

[FSAV_Database_Version]

Version = 2006-04-21_06.

Write-up: Jarkko Turkulainen, April 21, 2006

Technical Details: Jarkko Turkulainen, April 21, 2006

Description Updated: Jarkko Turkulainen, April 24, 2006