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Article: Kaspersky Lab Identifies New Variant of Zhelatin Worm.
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- February 5, 2007
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M2 PRESSWIRE-5 February 2007-Kaspersky Lab: Kaspersky Lab Identifies New Variant of Zhelatin Worm(C)1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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Information security software vendor, Kaspersky Lab, has identified a new variant of the Zhelatin email worm. Zhetlatin.o. was identified by the company on 4 February at 12.39am. Kaspersky Lab currently rates the risk as moderate'.
The worm spreads via email, as an infected attachment. The subject line, message body and attachment are variable.
The worm itself is a PE (Portable Executable) file, packed with UPX. The worm copies itself to the hard disk and modifies the registry to ensure it ...