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what is a Win32:Netsky-Y [Wrm] ?
« on: April 20, 2004, 05:02:16 PM »
none of the other aV vendors has any infor about this worm, only Win32.Netsky.X which is not included in the latest update of avast at http://www.avast.com/i_idt_1404.html t ::)
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Re:what is a Win32:Netsky-Y [Wrm] ?
« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2004, 05:41:26 PM »
That's one and the same thing.

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Re:what is a Win32:Netsky-Y [Wrm] ?
« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2004, 06:10:54 PM »
There is again the big name's confusion  :( . Although there is no X variant, one large AV company announced this one as Y. Many of ohers followed them (Sophos for example, but many others as well) while others named it X. I think we will rename it to X in the near future....

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Re:what is a Win32:Netsky-Y [Wrm] ?
« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2004, 07:47:27 PM »
I got it   ;D
thanx guys  ;)
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Re:what is a Win32:Netsky-Y [Wrm] ?
« Reply #4 on: April 20, 2004, 10:12:11 PM »
FYI: F-secure calls it X
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