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W32.HLLW.Cayam@mm

Dec 16, 2003 6:32AM PST

Discovered on: December 16, 2003
Last Updated on: December 16, 2003 12:36:16 PM

W32.HLLW.Cayam@mm is a mass-mailing worm that uses Microsoft Outlook to send itself to all the contacts in the Outlook Address Book.

The email has the following characteristics:

Subject: Verify your eBay account information
Attachment: eBayVerify.exe

W32.HLLW.Cayam@mm is also a peer-to-peer worm that shares itself using the eMule and KaZaA file-sharing networks.

This threat is written in Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) and is UPX-packed.




Type: Worm

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

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