W32.Anset.Worm

Risk Level 2: Low

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Discovered:: October 24, 2001
Updated:: February 13, 2007 11:51:40 AM
Type:: Worm

W32.Anset.Worm is a Internet worm written in Delphi. It arrives as email with the attachment Ants3set.exe. This worm spreads by sending itself to email addresses found in the Microsoft Outlook address book. It is disguised as a freeware Trojan horse scanner known as ANTS.

Antivirus Protection Dates

Initial Rapid Release version October 25, 2001
Latest Rapid Release version September 28, 2010 revision 054
Initial Daily Certified version October 25, 2001
Latest Daily Certified version September 28, 2010 revision 036
Initial Weekly Certified release date pending

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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: High

Writeup By: Gor Nazaryan

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