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Symantec WARNS of a computer worm: W32.Gibe@mm

Date:

March 12, 2002

Name :

W32.Gibe@mm

Threat Assessment:

upgraded from Level 2 to Level 3 (moderate)

Description

The email message, which is not from Microsoft, has the following characteristics:

From: Microsoft Corporation Security Center

Subject of email: Internet Security Update

Attachment: Q216309.exe. The attached file, Q216309.exe, is written in Visual Basic; it contains other worm components inside itself.  When the attached file is executed, it creates a number of files which allows the worm to spread using Outlook and SMTP, installs a Backdoor Trojan to remotely access the infected system and creates a data file to store email addresses.

Body: Microsoft Customer,

This is the latest version of security update, the update which eliminates all known security vulnerabilities affecting Internet Explorer and MS Outlook/Express as well as six new vulnerabilities.

How to install

Run attached file q216309.exe

How to use

You don't need to do anything after installing this item

For further information on W32.Gibe@mm please visit:

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

 

Definitions From Symantec

Definitions to detect this virus were first posted on 6th March, 2002