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Worm:W32/Vobfus.BK

Classification

Category:

Malware

Type:

Worm

Aliases:

  • Worm:W32/Vobfus.BK
  • Trojan.Agent.VB.BNU

Summary

Worm:W32/Vobfus.BK is the latest variant in the large Worm:W32/Vobfus family (also detected as Trojan:W32/Chinky).

Removal

Technical Details

Unlike previous variants, this latest version of the malicious program is able to exploit a recent zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2010-2568) in Microsoft Window's handling of shortcut icons.

For more information on the vulnerability, please refer to Microsoft Security Bulletin 2286198 (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2286198.mspx).

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