W32.Widoom is a worm that attempts to spread through Internet Relay Chat (IRC). It may also download files on to the compromised computer.
The threat W32.Widoom was discovered by Symantec Security Response Threat Severity Assessment on March 19, 2012 and was classified as Worm.
Initial Daily Certified version of virus definitions for Norton security products was released on March 19, 2012 revision 018. It should be noted that users with the older versions of Norton Internet Security are limited to Daily LiveUpdate definitions. For more information, go to the page where the are described virus definitions available for Norton products.
