W32.MyLife@mm

W32.MyLife@mm is a simple mass-mailer that sends itself to all contacts in the Microsoft Outlook address book. The worm is a compiled Visual Basic executable that has been compressed. It attempts to delete files that have the extensions .com, .sys, .ini, .exe, .sys, .vxd, .exe, or .dll. (This could not be reproduced in a controlled test environment.)

Protection

• Initial Rapid Release version March 8, 2002
• Latest Rapid Release version August 20, 2008 revision 017
• Initial Daily Certified version March 8, 2002
• Latest Daily Certified version January 20, 2009 revision 048
• Initial Weekly Certified release date March 8, 2002

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Threat Assessment

Wild

• Wild Level: Low
• Number of Infections: 50 - 999
• Number of Sites: More than 10
• Geographical Distribution: High
• Threat Containment: Easy
• Removal: Moderate

Damage

• Damage Level: Medium

Distribution

• Distribution Level: High