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IRC-Worm.Fagot

Posted: December 8, 2011

Threat Metric

Ranking: 6,906
Threat Level: 5/10
Infected PCs: 2,394
First Seen: December 8, 2011
Last Seen: October 17, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Fagot (IRC-Worm.Fagot) is a dangerous worm, which spreads in IRC networks via vulnerable versions of mIRC chat application. It places its files on infected PC's hard drive and runs there a process, which modifies Windows Media Player and tries to close all found antivirus software. It also changes default start page in Internet Explorer web browser and removes lots of critical computer files, replacing some of them with its spyware files. These actions may lead to fatal crashes of Windows operating computer, so user may lose his documents.

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