![]() Korgo spreads via the Web, which means that it does not need to be launched by a user, as e-mail viruses do. It spreads throughout the Internet using a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows LSASS buffer overrun vulnerability. Korgo (aka Padobot) is a network worm allegedly written by the Russian Hangup Team virus group. The virus just opens up a backdoor through which a hacker could enter and install a key-logger program undetected however, Korgo itself does not contain such an application. Hence it has become dangerous to do shopping on the Net because Korgo records all keyboard keystrokes on your computer and saves them in a log file in the background. Although this Korgo virus is not wide spread yet, it forced security companies like Symantec, F-Secure to issue warnings as Korgo is obtaining personal financial information. ![]() A new worm uses the same vulnerabilities as the Sasser worm that caused havoc last month.
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