It carries out damaging actions on the affected computer.
It does not spread automatically using its own means.
Affected platforms:
Windows 2003/XP/2000/NT/ME/98/95
First detected on:
May 18, 2009
Detection updated on:
April 24, 2010
Statistics
No
Brief Description
Protector.A is a virus that spreads to other computers by copying its code to other files or programs.
Protector.A uses the following propagation or distribution methods:
Exploiting vulnerabilities with the intervention of the user: exploiting vulnerabilities in file formats or applications. To exploit them successfully it needs the intervention of the user: opening files, viewing malicious web pages, reading emails, etc.
File infection: it infects different types of files, which are then distributed through any of the usual means: floppy disks, email messages with attachments, Internet download, files transferred via FTP, IRC channels, P2P file sharing networks, etc.