Alert: Gnutella Mandragore Worm Spreading Malware in P2P Network

Security firms are warning about a proof-of-concept Internet worm which tries to spread malicious files via the Gnutella peer-to-peer file sharing system. The virus, called Gnutella Mandragore, will connect to the Gnutella network once it affects a users PC and will . . . Security firms are warning about a proof-of-concept Internet worm which tries to spread malicious files via the Gnutella peer-to-peer file sharing system. The virus, called Gnutella Mandragore, will connect to the Gnutella network once it affects a users PC and will then attempt to offer itself for download when users search for songs or other files to download.

For example, if a Gnutella user makes a search for "Britney Spears swearing", the infected node will announce it has available a file called "Britney Spears swearing.exe", 8kB in size.

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