Got this notice in my inbox this morning, so AV users need to patch up and people who don"t have a AV scanner should get themselves scanned online for free. (links below)
Like its predecessors, W32/Lovgate.ab@MM is a Medium Risk mass-mailing worm inside an email attachment that when run:
- Drops a dangerous backdoor on an infected machine that can allow a remote hacker to steal information.
- Infects executable programs.
- Tries to disable anti-virus and security software.
- Emails itself to a) stolen contacts or b) as replies to unread MS Outlook or Outlook Express messages on the infected machine, spoofing the "from: field".
Up-to-date McAfee VirusScan users with DAT 4361 are protected from this threat.