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W32/Virut.A Virus
| Name |
W32/Virut.A Virus |
| Aliases |
W32.Virut.A, PE_VIRUT.A |
| Discovered on |
May 14, 2006 |
Virus Information - W32/Virut.A Virus:
W32/Virut.A is a virus. The virus will infect Windows systems.
Once activated this virus creates an event by name VT_3 to ensure that only one instance of virus is running in the computer.
It attempts to infect files with .exe and .scr extension, which are accessed in the infected computer.
The worm also has backdoor capabilities that connect to Internet Relay Chat (IRC) server using TCP port 65520. This will allow remote attacker to download files in the infected computer.

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