BAT.Beckow.Worm

BAT.Beckow.Worm is a worm that propagates through IRC. It also contains a routine to send email to all addresses in the Microsoft Outlook Address Book. This mailing functionality could not be reproduced. The email would have the following characteristics:
Subject: England Win WorldCup with Beckham
Attachment: readme.BAT

This worm also attempts to overwrite .reg, .vbs, .bat, .ifk, .pif, and .lnk files in various locations on the computer and to delete files associated with several AntiVirus programs.

Protection

• Initial Rapid Release version June 18, 2002
• Latest Rapid Release version July 12, 2008 revision 018
• Initial Daily Certified version June 18, 2002
• Latest Daily Certified version July 12, 2008 revision 019
• Initial Weekly Certified release date June 19, 2002

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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: Medium

Distribution

• Distribution Level: Low