{"id":10,"date":"2009-12-08T09:45:36","date_gmt":"2009-12-08T14:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/williamscomputers.com\/?p=10"},"modified":"2009-12-08T11:51:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-08T16:51:00","slug":"koobface-gq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/williamscomputers.com\/?p=10","title":{"rendered":"Virus Koobface.GQ"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Common name<\/a>:<\/td>\nKoobface.GQ<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Technical name<\/a>:<\/td>\nW32\/Koobface.GQ.worm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Threat level<\/a>:<\/td>\nMedium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Type<\/a>:<\/td>\nWorm<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Effects<\/a>: <\/a><\/td>\n<\/a>Its main aim is to spread itself via the\u00a0social network Facebook\u00a0and affect as many computers as possible. It\u00a0displays a message on screen requiring users to enter some characters on the screen in order to avoid the computer restart.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Affected platforms<\/a>:<\/td>\nWindows 2003\/XP\/2000\/NT\/ME\/98\/95<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
First detected on<\/a>:<\/td>\nDec. <\/em>3, 2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Detection updated on<\/a>:<\/td>\nDec. <\/em>4, 2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Statistics<\/a><\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Brief Description <\/a><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n

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<\/a>Koobface.GQ<\/em> is a worm<\/a> whose main aim is to spread itself via the\u00a0social network Facebook\u00a0and affect as many computers as possible.Additionally, it\u00a0connects to a certain website in order to download malicious files, which belong to other variants of\u00a0Koobface<\/em> in order to extend its spread.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Visible Symptoms <\/a><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n

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<\/a>Koobface.GQ<\/em> is\u00a0easy to recognize, as it shows the following symptoms:<\/p>\n
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  • It publishes a link to a video in the affected user””””””””s Facebook main site, which will be shared to all their contacts. If the link is followed, a website similar to YouTube””””””””s (actually YuoTube) is displayed:\"\"<\/li>\n
  • When it is run, it displays a message like the following on the screen:\"\"
    \nThis message informs users that they have to enter some characters and if they don””””””””t, the computer will be restarted in 3 minutes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Common name: Koobface.GQ Technical name: W32\/Koobface.GQ.worm Threat level: Medium Type: Worm Effects: Its main aim is to spread itself via the\u00a0social network Facebook\u00a0and affect as many computers as possible. It\u00a0displays a message on screen requiring users to enter some characters on the screen in order to avoid the computer restart. Affected platforms: Windows 2003\/XP\/2000\/NT\/ME\/98\/95 First […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-virusalerts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/williamscomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/williamscomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/williamscomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/williamscomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/williamscomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/williamscomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14,"href":"https:\/\/williamscomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10\/revisions\/14"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/williamscomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/williamscomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/williamscomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}