Tuesday, November 5, 2002

Here comes the Bridex

InternetNews reports there's a new virus on the loose. Software consultants F-Secure said the Bridex (Braid, W32/Braid@mm, W32/Braid.A-mm, I- Worm.Bridex) worm arrives in emails without a subject line and with a README.EXE attachment. When the worm's file is run, it copies itself as REGEDIT.EXE file to the Windows System folder and creates a startup key for this file in the System Registry, allowing the activation of the worm's file every time Windows starts. It then scans the victim's Microsoft Outlook address book and emails copies of itself to any addresses it finds.

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