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W32.Mimail.M@mm

Dec 3, 2003 7:28AM PST

Discovered on: December 03, 2003
Last Updated on: December 03, 2003 02:46:50 PM

Security Response has received a sample of a new W32.Mimail variant. This sample is similar to W32.Mimail.L@mm.

The email may arrive as one of the following attachment names:
Wendy.zip (contains wendy.exe)(may belong to the initial seeding of this worm)
Only_for_greg.zip (contains for_greg.jpg.exe)

Note: Virus definitions dated November 24, 2003 and later detect this as W32.Mimail.Gen.

Additional information will be provided as analysis continues.


Also Known As: W32.Mimail.Gen, W32/Mimail.gen@MM [McAfee]

Type: Worm

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

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