VBS/Gnutella worm information

This page provides information about the VBS/Gnutella worm.

Virus information

Affects the free music sharing service Gnutella users, the Gnutella worm or "proof-of-concept" worm demonstrates how computers connected to peer-to-peer (P2P) networks are vulnerable to such mischief.

Symptoms

• The program copies itself as a hidden file to the startup folder under the name GSPOT.EXE.
• Monitors computer's network connection.

How to detect virus

Verify that GSPOT.EXE is not present on the computer and ensure the computer has the latest virus protection data information.