W32.Anset.Worm

W32.Anset.Worm is a Internet worm written in Delphi. It arrives as email with the attachment Ants3set.exe. This worm spreads by sending itself to email addresses found in the Microsoft Outlook address book. It is disguised as a freeware Trojan horse scanner known as ANTS.

Protection

• Initial Rapid Release version October 25, 2001
• Latest Rapid Release version August 20, 2008 revision 017
• Initial Daily Certified version October 25, 2001
• Latest Daily Certified version August 20, 2008 revision 016
• Initial Weekly Certified release date pending

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Threat Assessment

Wild

• Wild Level: Low
• Number of Infections: 0 - 49
• Number of Sites: 0 - 2
• Geographical Distribution: Low
• Threat Containment: Easy
• Removal: Easy

Damage

• Damage Level: Low

Distribution

• Distribution Level: High