- Discovered:
- August 6, 2002
- Updated:
- February 13, 2007 11:55:09 AM
- Type:
- Worm
- Systems Affected:
- Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP
W32.HLLW.Neight is a mass-mailing worm. It uses Microsoft Outlook to send itself to all contacts in Outlook Address Book. The email message can have various subject lines; the attachment is PhotoAlbum.exe.
The worm creates a Visual Basic (VB) script file and inserts this file into Microsoft Word documents. This VB script file is also a mass-mailing worm that emails itself to the first 50 contacts in the Outlook Address Book. This email message has the subject "Important E-Mail from <current user>," and the Melissa.vbs file is attached.
The worm attempts to spread by copying itself to the KaZaA shared folder and ICQ shared folder.
Antivirus Protection Dates
- Initial Rapid Release version August 7, 2002
- Latest Rapid Release version September 28, 2010 revision 054
- Initial Daily Certified version August 7, 2002
- Latest Daily Certified version September 28, 2010 revision 036
- Initial Weekly Certified release date August 7, 2002
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Writeup By: Yana Liu



