P2P-Worm.Win32.Polipos.a

Category:	Internet Worm (P2P)
Risk:	Low
Platform:	Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP
Aliases:	P2P-Worm.Win32.Polip.a, W32/Polipos-A (Sophos), Win32.Polipos.a,PE_POLIPOS.A
Date discovered:	22 Apr 2006
Added to virus database:	22 Apr 2006
In-The-Wild / Epidemic:	No

Description

P2P-Worm.Win32.Polipos.a is polymorphic virus/worm for the Windows platform.

P2P-Worm.Win32.Polipos.a is a virus/worm that infects .exe and .scr files located in folders shared by peer-to-peer applications. Following this, the worm attempts to terminate security-related applications.

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