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By Mary Landesman, About.com Guide to Antivirus Software since 2000

Bagle.M/N/O variants discovered

Sunday March 14, 2004
Three new variants of the Bagle worm have been discovered over the weekend: Bagle.M, Bagle.N, and Bagle.O. Unlike its predecessors, Bagle.N includes a polymorphic routine infecting PE_EXE files on affected systems. Bagle.N also includes a much more extensive list of security processes it attempts to shutdown. Bagle.N may arrive as a PIF, EXE, ZIP or RAR attachment. When sent as a ZIP or RAR, the file will be password protected. The password is included in an image file also attached which may display inline, depending on the mail reader.
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