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W32.Memas@mm

Dec 4, 2003 11:39AM PST

Discovered on: December 04, 2003
Last Updated on: December 05, 2003 11:08:18 AM

W32.Memas@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: Hi Friend
Message: Please See The Attachment
Attachment: <The worm's file name>

The worm overwrites files and makes them unusable. It may display a message, part of which is in English and the rest in Arabic.

This threat is written in the Microsoft Visual C++ programming language, with the following icon:

Also Known As: W32/Memas@mm[McAfee]

Type: Worm

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

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