W32.Beagle.FC

W32.Beagle.FC is a Trojan horse that steals email addresses from the compromised computer and sends the information via HTTP to the rodolfomejia.com domain. The threat sends spam emails with random text in order to verify if the gathered email addresses are live to build a validated email list for sending malicious code or spam in the future.

Note: Virus definitions released on June 6, 2006 detect this as W32.Beagle.EB. Virus definitions released on June 9, 2006 will identify this threat as W32.Beagle.FC.

Protection

• Initial Rapid Release version June 6, 2006
• Latest Rapid Release version August 20, 2008 revision 017
• Initial Daily Certified version June 6, 2006
• Latest Daily Certified version August 20, 2008 revision 016
• Initial Weekly Certified release date June 7, 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: Moderate

Damage

• Damage Level: Medium

Distribution

• Distribution Level: Low