Panda Software Issues PQRemove Utility for Bagle.BK and Bagle.BL Worms

Panda Software Issues PQRemove Utility for Bagle.BK and Bagle.BL Worms

* Virus Threat Level is at Orange from the New Bagle Variants with the USA, Spain and Poland the countries most affected.

* Bagle.BL is already one of the most frequently detected viruses, according to data gathered by the free online antivirus Panda ActiveScan.

* TruPrevent Technologies, the most intelligent technologies to combat unknown viruses and intruders, effectively blocked and eliminated Bagle.BK and Bagle.BL, without needing to be able to identify them first.

GLENDALE, Calif., Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Variants BK and BL of the Bagle worm are still causing incidents in users computers worldwide. In fact, according to data gathered by the free online antivirus Panda ActiveScan, Bagle.BL is already one of the most frequently detected viruses and the USA, Spain and Poland are the most affected countries.

To prevent these worms from continuing to spread, especially through computers that do not have adequate anti-malware protection installed, Panda Software has released its free PQRemove utility which detects and eliminates Bagle.BK and Bagle.BL from all the computers they may have infected. This tool can be downloaded from: www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities?track=17610

Bagle.BK and Bagle.BL reach computers in email messages with spoofed sender addresses and with subjects chosen at random from a list of options. Possible subjects include: 'Delivery by mail' or 'Delivery service mail.' The message text may include phrases like: 'Before use read the help' or 'Thanks for use of our software.' The message attachments, which actually contain the worms, have variable names, although their extension is always COM, CPL, EXE or SCR. They can also spread using P2P applications like KaZaA or Morpheus by creating copies of themselves under names like ACDSee 9.exe or Adobe Photoshop 9 full.exe.

The most dangerous action that both variants of Bagle take is to end the processes in memory related to antivirus and security applications, leaving computers defenseless against possible attacks.

Due to the high possibility of being infected by Bagle.BK and Bagle.BL, Panda Software advises users to take precautions with any email messages they receive and to update their antivirus software. Panda Software has made the corresponding updates available to its clients to detect and disinfect these new malicious code.

Panda Software clients who already have the new TruPrevent Technologies installed along with their antivirus have been protected since the worms first emerged, as these preventive technologies have been able to detect and block them without needing to be able to identify them first. More information about the new TruPrevent Technologies at http://www.pandasoftware.com/truprevent.

Users can also scan and disinfect their computers using Panda ActiveScan, the free, online scanner available from: www.pandasoftware.com

More information on these viruses can be found from Panda Software's Virus Encyclopedia:

Bagle.BK http://enterprises.pandasoftware.com/virus_info/encyclopedia/overview.aspx?IdV irus=58283&sind=0

Bagle.BL http://enterprises.pandasoftware.com/virus_info/encyclopedia/overview.aspx?IdV irus=58299&sind=0

About PandaLabs

On receiving a possibly infected file, Panda Software's technical staff gets right to work. The file is analyzed and depending on the type, the action taken may include: disassembly, macro scanning, code analysis etc. If the file does in fact contain a new virus, the disinfection and detection routines are prepared and quickly distributed to users.

For more information: http://www.pandasoftware.com/virus_info/

For more information:
Alan Wallace
pr@pandasecurity.com
Tel. (818) 543-6909



Source: Panda Software

CONTACT: Alan Wallace of Panda Software, +1-818-543-6909,
pr@pandasecurity.com

Web site: http://www.pandasecurity.com/


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