- Discovered:
- May 18, 2004
- Updated:
- July 7, 2004 7:16:56 PM
- Systems Affected:
- Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP
W32.Gaobot.DX is a worm that spreads through open network shares, IRC, and Windows vulnerabilities. The worm also acts as a backdoor server program and attacks other systems. The worm kills the processes of many anti-virus and security applications.



