Experts at MicroWorld
Technologies inform that ‘Win32.Polip.A’ is a polymorphic P2P Worm
that infects Portable Executable(PE) files like ‘.scr’ and ‘.exe’,
while spreading via P2P networks and File Sharing applications.
Inside
the infected PC, Polip.A hides its presence by cleverly inserting itself into
running processes which makes it hard to detect and remove, for many AntiVirus
solutions. Its encryption and stealth features make matters worse.
“We
are trying to ascertain the destruction caused by this Worm. From what we see
so far, Polip deletes .avi, .dat, .ms and .vps files from the directory it resides
in. It also attempts to connect to the ‘Gnutella network’ even if the
Gnutella software is not installed in the computer,” says Sulabh Mahant,
Security Analyst, MicroWorld Technologies.
Significant infections of this worm are only found in Europe so far, but
the universal nature of file sharing networks may cause wider proliferation of
Polip. Besides, many users who are infected may remain unaware of this worm due
its hiding capabilities.
P2P worms can be extremely dangerous for Data Security
and Information Integrity. The most notorious of this breed in the recent past
was the Antinny
worm, which created data havoc in Japan by infecting the popular Japanese
P2P application ‘Winny’. Many top-secret military information, business
documents of hundreds of corporate firms, personal and confidential data related
to thousands of patients and classified information of Yahoo shopping mall were
all floating on the Internet, thanks to Antinny!
“P2P applications
are wonderful resources of information at your fingertips,” says Govind Rammurthy,
CEO, MicroWorld Technologies. “However, what you may not know is, while searching
in this resource you are accessing someone else’s computer. And in return,
anyone -good, bad and ugly- will be entering your computer too!”
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worms can be effectively prevented by monitoring every file movement in and out
of your computer. MicroWorld solutions eScan
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