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It spreads and affects other computers.
, through instant messaging.
|First detected on:||June 27, 2006|
|Detection updated on:||Sept. 13, 2006|
|Yes, using TruPrevent Technologies
Msgrua.A is a worm that spreads by copying itself, without infecting other files.
Msgrua.A uses the following propagation or distribution methods:
- Exploiting vulnerabilities with the intervention of the user: exploiting vulnerabilities in file formats or applications. To exploit them successfully it needs the intervention of the user: opening files, viewing malicious web pages, reading emails, etc.
- Instant messaging: it sends links pointing to a copy of itself to all users included in the infected user's contacts list.
Msgrua.A is easy to recognize, as it shows the following symptoms:
- It displays false error messages when it is run.