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CivilArmy.B
Threat Level I
Damage II
Distribution I
Common name: CivilArmy.B
Technical name: W32/CivilArmy.B.worm
Threat level: Medium
Type: Worm
Effects: It prevents certain antivirus programs from being updated, thus leaving the system unprotected. It also disables the Windows XP firewall and the system restore utility. It spreads through peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing programs.
Affected platforms: Windows 2003/XP/2000/NT/ME/98/95
First detected on: Nov. 10, 2007
Detection updated on: Nov. 13, 2007
In circulation? No
Proactive protection: Yes, using Antivirus Softwares
Brief Description
CivilArmy.B is a worm that prevents the users and the programs from accessing certain websites belonging to antivirus companies. As a consequence, the antivirus programs could not be updated.
Additionally, it disables the Windows XP firewall and the system restore utility.
CivilArmy.B spreads through peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing programs, creating copies of itself in the shared directories belonging to several P2P programs, such as BearShare, eDonkey, eMule or KaZaA.
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