Email-Worm.Brontok.Q

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Name:	Email-Worm.Brontok.Q
Bedreigingsniveau:	High
Omschrijving:	Email.Worm.Brontok.Q is an email worm that propagates by sending itself to email contacts harvested from an infected machine. This worm employs several anti-removal tactics that will cause a system reboot when triggered.
Type:	TT_Worm
Also known as:	Email-Worm.Win32.Brontok.q [Kaspersky] W32/Brontok-V [Sophos] W32.Rontokbro@mm [Symantec]
Removal:	This infection can be removed using Spyware Doctor.

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