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W32/Netsky-F

Mar 2, 2004 11:53PM PST

Aliases
I-Worm.NetSky.f, W32/Netsky.c@MM, Win32/Netsky.F

Type
Win32 worm

Description
W32/Netsky-F is a worm that spreads via email.
In order to run automatically when Windors boots up the worm copies itself to the file svchost.exe in the Windows folder and sets the following registry entry:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Zone Labs Client Ex
= C:\Windows\svchost.exe -antivirus service.


More: http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32netskyf.html

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