Lovgate.ad prevention and cure - ZDNet: Reviews

Lovgate.ad prevention and cure - ZDNet: Reviews:
"Lovgate.ad is the latest variation of a known mass-mailing worm family that includes a backdoor Trojan horse and, this time, overwrites several key Windows files, including executables files ending with .exe. While Lovgate.ad (w32.Lovgate.ad@mm, also known by some antivirus software vendors as Lovgate.ab, Lovgate.ae, Lovgate.ah, Lovgate.ao) doesn't destroy personal data, it will destroy access to the applications that run the data. Restoration from a backup utility after removal of the worm is required. Mac, Linux, and Unix users are not affected. At this time, Lovgate.ad is spreading slowly via e-mail, network-shared files, and network connections still vulnerable to the flaw that allowed the MSBlast worm to spread last summer. Because Lovgate.ad contains a variety of ways in which to spread and could damage system files, this worm rates a 6 on the CNET/ZDNet Virus Meter.…"

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