W32.Fakerecy

W32.Fakerecy is a worm that spreads by copying itself to removable and mapped drives.

Note: Definitions prior to January 19, 2007 may detect this threat as Trojan.Horse.

Protection

• Initial Rapid Release version January 19, 2007
• Latest Rapid Release version June 28, 2008 revision 022
• Initial Daily Certified version January 19, 2007
• Latest Daily Certified version January 20, 2009 revision 048
• Initial Weekly Certified release date January 24, 2007

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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
• Target of Infection: Spreads through mapped drives.