W32.Muzk.Irc

W32.Muzk.Irc is an IRC worm that sends itself to other users who are on the same IRC channel as yourself. It is written in the Borland Delphi programming language and may be compressed with ASPack.

Protection

• Initial Rapid Release version September 4, 2002
• Latest Rapid Release version August 20, 2008 revision 017
• Initial Daily Certified version September 4, 2002
• Latest Daily Certified version January 20, 2009 revision 048
• Initial Weekly Certified release date September 4, 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: Low

Distribution

• Distribution Level: Medium