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December 21, 2004

Web Worm Uses Google To Spread Virus

Gary Price has details of a new web worm that uses Google to spread.

...a web worm named Santy is utilizing Google to help it spread to web bulletin boards using the PHP scripting language.

The worm sends Google a specific search request, essentially asking for a list of vulnerable sites. Armed with the list, the worm then attempts to spread to those sites using a PHP request designed to exploit the phpBB bulletin board software.

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