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Wow.SI
Threat Level I
Damage II
Distribution I
Common name: Wow.SI
Technical name: W32/Wow.SI.worm
Threat level: Medium
Type: Worm
Effects: It obtains the passwords belonging to online games such as World of Warcraft or Lineage, ends processes belonging to security tools and uses a rootkit in order to make its detection more difficult. It spreads by making copies of itself in the system drives.
Affected platforms: Windows 2003/XP/2000/NT/ME/98/95
First detected on: Jan. 25, 2008
Detection updated on: Jan. 30, 2008
In circulation? Yes
Proactive protection: Yes, using Antivirus Softwares
Brief Description
Wow.SI is a worm that is designed to obtain passwords belonging to online games such as World of Warcraft or Lineage.
Additionally, it reduces the computer security, as it ends several processes belonging to security tools, downloads an update of itself and uses a rootkit in order to make its detection more difficult.
Wow.SI spreads by making copies of itself in the root directory of the system drives.
Visible Symptoms
Wow.SI is difficult to recognize, as it does not display any messages or warnings that indicate it has reached the computer.
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