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W32.Fili@mm (Symantec.com)

W32.Fili@mm (Symantec.com)

Discovered on: October 05, 2004
Last Updated on: October 06, 2004 12:51:11 PM

W32.Fili@mm is a generic Visual Basic worm that propagates via Microsoft Outlook and through peer-to-peer file-sharing networks. It can also spread via mIRC.
The email has a variable subject and attachment name. The attachment will have a .scr, .pif, .bat, .com, .cmd, or .exe file extension.

Note: Virus definitions released prior to October 6, 2004 will detect this threat as Bloodhound.Packed or Bloodhound.W32.5.

Also Known As:             Bloodhound.Packed, Bloodhound.W32.5, I-Worm.VB.q [Kaspersky]
Type:                             Worm
Infection Length:          20,480 bytes
Systems Affected:        Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me,
                                      Windows NT, Windows XP
Systems Not Affected: DOS, Linux, Macintosh, Novell Netware, OS/2, UNIX, Windows 3.x

 

 

More information on Symantec Security Response site:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.fili@mm.html

Source: Symantec Corporation
www.symantec.com

 

2004-10-09 12:10

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