Viruses Alert! -

[SusieJD]

Please be sure your anit-virus programs are up to date!W32.Gaobot.AJE is a worm variant and spreads using weak passwords and backdoors that other worms create. This worm also exploits the following Windows vulnerabilities:

[*]The DCOM RPC Vulnerability (described in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-026) using TCP port 135. [*]The WebDav Vulnerability (described in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-007) using TCP port 80. [*]The Workstation Service Buffer Overrun Vulnerability (described in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-049) using TCP port 445. Windows XP users are protected against this vulnerability ifMicrosoft Security Bulletin MS03-043 has been applied. Windows 2000 users must apply MS03-049. [*]The UPnP NOTIFY Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (described in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS01-059). [*]The vulnerabilities in the Microsoft SQL Server 2000 or MSDE 2000 audit (described in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS02-061) using UDP port 1434. [*]Exploits the Microsoft Windows Local Security Authority Service Remote Buffer Overflow (described in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-011).[/list]

The worm also spreads through backdoors that the Beagle and Mydoom worms open.

W32.Gaobot.AJE can act as a backdoor server program and attack other systems. It attempts to kill the processes of many antivirus and security programs.


Systems Affected:

Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows XP



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