1. "Worm" Crawls Into the KaZaA Network
1. "Worm" Crawls Into the KaZaA Network
The KaZaA file exchange network takes its turn as a virus
victim.
Kaspersky Labs, an international data-security software
developer, announces the detection of the network worm
"Worm.Kazaa.Benjamin" - the
first malicious program to spread through the KaZaA file
exchangenetwork.
The KaZaA network is one of the most popular file exchange
networks using Peer-to-Peer (P2P) technology. Millions of people
from all around the world are active users of the network that allows them to quickly dig up files they seek (such as MP3 files) and give other users access to data contained on their own computers.
On an infected computer "Benjamin" creates a directory
accessible to
other users of the KaZaA network and regularly copies
itself into this
directory under a multitude of different names, the amount
of which
counts several thousand. When a network user conducts a
search for a
file under a name corresponding with one the worm's
pseudonyms the
unsuspecting user is given the chance to download it from
the infected
computer. Thus, this is how Benjamin spreads itself through
the KaZaA network.
In addition to eating up free disk space Benjamin takes
additional
actions: under the name of the infected computer's owner it
opens an
anonymous web site from which it displays advertising
banners. This way Benjamin's creator profits by the resulting increase in advertising displays.
"Benjamin" is not the first known worm to exploit public
access P2P file
exchange networks. Previously the Gnutella file exchange
network fell victim to virus creators. "This event once again
demonstrates the
necessity to filter all incoming files for viruses,
regardless of how
well protected this or any other network is. Before use all
data should be run through a mandatory check for virus code using the
latest virus database update," commented Denis Zenkin, Kaspersky Labs Head of Corporate Communications.
The defense against Benjamin is has already been added to
the Kaspersky Anti-Virus database.
More detailed information covering "Worm.Kazaa.Benjamin"
can be found in
the Kaspersky Labs Virus Encyclopedia at:
1. "Worm" Crawls Into the KaZaA Network
The KaZaA file exchange network takes its turn as a virus
victim.
Kaspersky Labs, an international data-security software
developer, announces the detection of the network worm
"Worm.Kazaa.Benjamin" - the
first malicious program to spread through the KaZaA file
exchangenetwork.
The KaZaA network is one of the most popular file exchange
networks using Peer-to-Peer (P2P) technology. Millions of people
from all around the world are active users of the network that allows them to quickly dig up files they seek (such as MP3 files) and give other users access to data contained on their own computers.
On an infected computer "Benjamin" creates a directory
accessible to
other users of the KaZaA network and regularly copies
itself into this
directory under a multitude of different names, the amount
of which
counts several thousand. When a network user conducts a
search for a
file under a name corresponding with one the worm's
pseudonyms the
unsuspecting user is given the chance to download it from
the infected
computer. Thus, this is how Benjamin spreads itself through
the KaZaA network.
In addition to eating up free disk space Benjamin takes
additional
actions: under the name of the infected computer's owner it
opens an
anonymous web site from which it displays advertising
banners. This way Benjamin's creator profits by the resulting increase in advertising displays.
"Benjamin" is not the first known worm to exploit public
access P2P file
exchange networks. Previously the Gnutella file exchange
network fell victim to virus creators. "This event once again
demonstrates the
necessity to filter all incoming files for viruses,
regardless of how
well protected this or any other network is. Before use all
data should be run through a mandatory check for virus code using the
latest virus database update," commented Denis Zenkin, Kaspersky Labs Head of Corporate Communications.
The defense against Benjamin is has already been added to
the Kaspersky Anti-Virus database.
More detailed information covering "Worm.Kazaa.Benjamin"
can be found in
the Kaspersky Labs Virus Encyclopedia at:
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