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Worm boasts some nasty features
July 2, 2006 — 8:01pm ET
The newest worm to hit is W32.Cuebot-K, a new variation in the Cuebot family of malware, and it's got quite a range of malicious functions. Security experts say the worm, which disguises itself as a Microsoft program to detect unlicensed software in use, not only disables other software applications but it can shut down a system's firewall, download other nasty programs and even scan local files.
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