W32.White.Worm

Risk Level 1: Very Low

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Discovered:: February 18, 2000
Updated:: February 13, 2007 12:11:20 PM
Type:: Worm

W32.White.Worm is an email worm originally discovered in Korea. (A 15 year-old Korean student is the suspected writer of this worm.) When executed, the worm harvests email addresses from your Microsoft Outlook Express inbox and sends messages to these addresses with itself as an attachment.

Antivirus Protection Dates

Initial Rapid Release version December 21, 2000
Latest Rapid Release version September 28, 2010 revision 054
Initial Daily Certified version December 21, 2000
Latest Daily Certified version September 28, 2010 revision 036
Initial Weekly Certified release date pending

Click for a more detailed description of Rapid Release and Daily Certified virus definitions.

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: Low

Writeup By: Eric Chien

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