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W32/Mydoom.e@MM

Feb 13, 2004 9:21AM PST

Date Discovered: 2/13/2004
Date Added: 2/13/2004
Origin: Unknown
Length: 24,576 bytes
Type: Virus
SubType: E-mail

This is a mass-mailing and peer-to-peer file-sharing worm that bears the following characteristics:

contains its own SMTP engine to construct outgoing messages
contains a backdoor component (see below)
contains a Denial of Service payload

The virus arrives in an email message as follows:

From: (Spoofed email sender)
Do not assume that the sender address is an indication that the sender is infected. Additionally you may receive alert messages from a mail server that you are infected, which may not be the case.

Subject: (Varies, such as)

Error
Status
Server Report
Mail Transaction Failed
Mail Delivery System
hello
hi
Body: (Varies, such as)

The message cannot be represented in 7-bit ASCII encoding and has been sent as a binary attachment.
The message contains Unicode characters and has been sent as a binary attachment.
Mail transaction failed. Partial message is available.
test
Attachment: (varies [.bat, .exe, .pif, .cmd, .scr] - often arrives in a ZIP archive)

MORE: http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp?id=description&virus_k=101024

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