IM_a nuisance – W32.Imav.A

2006-03-01

John Canavan

Symantec Security Response, Ireland

Editor: Helen Martin

Abstract

Two years after its emergence the Beagle family is still one of the most pervasive families of Internet worms. John Canavan takes a close look at one variant that has made the surprising switch from email to ICQ as its major infection vector.

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