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Alert! Virus W32.Netsky.B@mm SEVERE!

Feb 18, 2004 10:01AM PST

WARNING: W32.Netsky.B@mm
Threat level: Category 4, SEVERE (scale of 1-5)
Type:
Worm
Protection Updates: February 18, 2004 (via LiveUpdate)



What is W32.Netsky.B@mm and how does it affect me?

W32.Netsky.B is a mass-mailing worm that uses its own SMTP engine to send itself to the email
addresses it finds when scanning the hard drives and mapped drives. This worm also searches
drives C through Z for folder names containing "Share" or "Sharing," and then copies itself to those folders.

The Subject, Body, and email attachment vary.

To read more about the W32.Netsky.B@mm
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.netsky.b@mm.html

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