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Win32/Mabutu
Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Aliases: W32.Mota (Symantec)
Summary
Windows Defender Antivirus detects and removes this threat.
Win32/Mabutu is a family of mass-mailing worms that targets computers running certain versions of Microsoft Windows. The worm sends a copy of itself as an attachment to e-mail addresses found on the infected computer. The worm has a backdoor component that connects to an IRC server from the infected computer to receive commands from attackers.
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