Sophos Warns of Cuebot-K Worm

Sophos has warned of W32/Cuebot-K worm. The worm spreads through chat programs and allows backdoor access to a user’s computer.

Sophos has warned of the W32/Cuebot-K worm. The worm spreads through chat programs and allows backdoor access to a user’s computer.

According to Sophos, the worm spreads through the AOL Instant Messenger.

When the program is run, the worm copies itself to the system folder wgavn.exe. The worm creates a file /Debugdcpromo.log.

The startup type of the file is automatic and it is started automatically at the time of system startup.

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