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 SWEN
VIRUS/WORM aka Worm.Automat.AHB virus - PREVENTION & CURE (US
based visitors or users requiring Amazon links to instantly downloadable
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The Swen (W32.Swen.A@mm or Worm.Automat.AHB)
virus masquerades as a new Microsoft patch (click
here for a screenshot) - find out how to avoid it, and what
to do in the case of infection.
Yet another Internet virus pretending to
be a patch from Microsoft is spreading quickly on the Internet.
Swen (w32.Swen.A@mm, also known as Gibe) uses the subject line to
entice Windows users to open the attachment. In some cases, the
virus will execute automatically. The virus attempts to kill all
antivirus and personal firewall apps running on the infected machine.
Swen can also travel using Kazaa, IRC, and shared network paths.
Because Swen spreads via email, IRC, P2P, and shared network files
and shows signs of spreading rapidly, this virus rates a 6 on the
ZDNet Virus Meter.
One of the ways Swen spreads is to arrive as an email message containing
some references to Microsoft or to a new critical patch for Internet
Explorer or as a returned email.
To spread via shared network files, Swen leaves copies of itself
in the start-up folders found on individual Windows computers connected
to the network.
For IRC users, Swen adds a script.ini file to the mIRC program
folder. It then spreads to other IRC users.
To infect other P2P users, Swen adds a copy of itself to the shared
file directory using a random but intriguing name.
Once the virus is active, it will attempt to shut down working
antivirus and personal firewall applications. Swen will appear to
download and install a patch directly from Microsoft; in reality,
the virus is changing system Registry files on the infected machine.
Changes include, for example, the ability to run the virus every
time the computer is rebooted.
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