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"The Zotob worm and several variations of it, known as Rbot. cbq, SDBot. bzh and Zotob. d, infected computers at companies such as ABC, CNN, The Associated Press, The New York Times, and Caterpillar Inc. Anti gold spyware virus, adware alert. " — Business Week, August 16, 2005.

Zotob is a computer worm which exploits security vulnerabilities in Microsoft operating systems like Windows 2000, including the MS05-039 plug-and-play vulnerability. This worm has been known to spread on microsoft-ds or TCP port 445.

It was declared that the Zotob worms cost an average of $97,000 as well as 80 hours of cleanup per every company affected. Free spyware blocker - Free spyware stormer,Free about blank. [1]

Rbot variant

Zotob was derived from the Rbot worm. Rbot can force an infected computer to continuously restart. Its outbreak on August 16, 2005 was covered "live" on CNN television, as the network's own computers got infected.

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