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- Discovered:
- August 23, 2005
- Updated:
- February 13, 2007 12:42:20 PM
- Type:
- Trojan Horse, Worm, Virus
- Systems Affected:
- Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP
Symantec antivirus products exclusively use the virus name Bloodhound.Morphine 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.Morphine is likely to be infected with a new, packed, 32-bit Windows virus.
Bloodhound.Morphine is detected only in Portable Executable (PE) files. Bloodhound.Morphine can detect any threat within a packed file.
Antivirus Protection Dates
- Initial Rapid Release version August 22, 2005
- Latest Rapid Release version August 22, 2005
- Initial Daily Certified version August 22, 2005
- Latest Daily Certified version July 23, 2007 revision 035
- Initial Weekly Certified release date August 23, 2005
Click here for a more detailed description of Rapid Release and Daily Certified virus definitions.
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
