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W32.Rusty@m

Feb 17, 2004 1:24AM PST

Discovered on: February 15, 2004
Last Updated on: February 17, 2004 12:01:01 PM

W32.Rusty@m is a mass-mailing worm that uses MAPI to spread through Microsoft Outlook. It also copies itself to varies instant messenger and P2P network share folders. The email message has the following characteristics:

Subject: (one of the following)

<empty>
Mail Delivery System
Check this out!
Important information for you. Read it immediately!

Attachment: (one of the following)
<empty>
AvPc AntiAv.exe
doc.exe
Body,.Html.exe

W32.Rusty@m is written in Visual Basic.



Type: Worm
Infection Length: 18,944 bytes

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.rusty@m.html

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