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W32.HLLW.Anarch@mm

by Marianna Schmudlach Nov 20, 2003 10:56PM PST

Discovered on: November 19, 2003
Last Updated on: November 21, 2003 04:20:57 PM

W32.HLLW.Anarch@mm is a worm that attempts to spread through file-sharing networks and mIRC. It uses Microsoft Outlook to send itself to all the contacts in the Outlook Address Book.

The email has the following characteristics:

Subject: New Media Player!!
Attachment: M_Player_v1.0.exe

The worm is written in the Microsoft Visual Basic programming language.

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Note: Definitions dated prior to November 19, 2003 detect this threat as BloodHound.W32.5.
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Type: Worm

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.hllw.anarch@mm.html