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

Netsky.Q - up to old tricks?

Monday March 29, 2004
Though Netsky.L through Netsky.P seemed determine to prove it was just a worm, Netsky.Q - discovered March 29th - is back to earlier tricks. Netsky.Q removes several registry keys responsible for launching various worms, including several Bagle variants. Netsky.Q also avoids sending itself to domains associated with antivirus vendors, a routine found in earlier Netsky variants.
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