Bloodhound.Polycrypt

Symantec antivirus products exclusively use the virus name Bloodhound.Polycrypt when a potentially unknown virus is found using Symantec Bloodhound technology. Bloodhound technology consists of heuristic algorithms used to detect unknown viruses. The actual file detected under Bloodhound.Polycrypt is likely to be infected with a new, packed, 32-bit Windows virus.

Bloodhound.Polycrypt is detected only in Portable Executable (PE) files. Bloodhound.Polycrypt can detect any threat within a packed file.

Protection

• Initial Rapid Release version October 13, 2006
• Latest Rapid Release version October 13, 2006
• Initial Daily Certified version October 13, 2006
• Latest Daily Certified version October 13, 2006
• Initial Weekly Certified release date October 18, 2006

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Threat Assessment

Wild

• Wild Level: Low
• Number of Infections: 0 - 49
• Number of Sites: 0 - 2
• Geographical Distribution: Low
• Threat Containment: Easy
• Removal: Easy

Damage

• Damage Level: Low

Distribution

• Distribution Level: Low