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W32.HLLW.Lovgate.O@mm

by Marianna Schmudlach Mar 23, 2004 9:51AM PST

Discovered on: March 23, 2004
Last Updated on: March 23, 2004 02:49:58 PM

W32.HLLW.Lovgate.O@mm is a variant of W32.HLLW.Lovgate@mm. This variant is also a mass-mailing worm that attempts to reply to all the email messages in the Microsoft Outlook Inbox. The "sender" of the email is spoofed, and its subject line and message vary. The attachment name varies with a .exe, .pif, or .scr file extension.

This worm also attempts to copy itself to all the computers on a local network and to Kazaa-shared folders.

This threat is written in the C++ programming language and is compressed with ASPack.

Variants: W32.HLLW.Lovgate.N@mm
Type: Worm

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.hllw.lovgate.o@mm.html