W32.Maldal.I@mm

Risk Level 2: Low

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Discovered:: February 20, 2002
Updated:: February 13, 2007 11:52:52 AM
Also Known As:: W32.Maldal.gen@mm
Type:: Worm

W32.Maldal.I@mm is a mass-mailing worm that is written in Visual Basic. The worm attempts to send itself to all contacts in the Microsoft Outlook address book. It also creates several registry keys and files on the system.

NOTE: Definitions dated prior to February 21, 2002, may detect this threat as either Trojan Horse or W32.Maldal.gen@mm.

Antivirus Protection Dates

Initial Rapid Release version February 21, 2002
Latest Rapid Release version March 3, 2008 revision 035
Initial Daily Certified version February 21, 2002
Latest Daily Certified version March 3, 2008 revision 037
Initial Weekly Certified release date February 21, 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: High

Writeup By: Andre Post

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