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WARNING: W32.Netsky.P@mm - Threat level: Category 3, Moderate (scale of 1-5)

by Marianna Schmudlach Mar 23, 2004 10:28AM PST

What is W32.Netsky.P@mm and how does it affect me?
W32.Netsky.P@mm, also known as W32.Netsky.Q@mm, is yet another varient of the Netsky worm, a mass-mailing worm that uses its own SMTP engine to send itself to the email addresses it finds when scanning hard
drives and/or mapped drives. The worm also tries to spread through various file-sharing programs by copying itself into various shared folders.

The "From" line of the email is spoofed, and its "Subject" line and
message body vary.

The attachment name varies with .exe, .pif, .scr, or .zip file extension.

Also, this threat is compressed with FSG.

- Rapid release definitions dated March 21, 2004 or March 22, 2004 may
detect this threat as W32.Netsky.Q@mm.

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.netsky.p@mm.html