Ares.exe

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Ares.exe is the virus form of the Gaobot.ee worm. Fairly old, it installs itself with the "ARES" P2P file sharing program. It's security level is low, hardly doing any damage to one's computer; it has been reported/attributed to, not proven to, however, download and install spyware, more viruses, trojans, and worms. Also being a P2P virus, it has been reported to have the P2P client-unique downloading and installation of random files (perhaps to create more sharers) from its members, such as music, pornography, and even full games. Gaobot.EE is a worm that sends large numbers of unsolicited e-mails using its own SMTP engine. This worm also opens a backdoor on a random TCP port, notifies attackers through a predetermined IRC channel, and attempts to terminate various security products and system monitoring tools.

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