W32.MyLife.B@mm

Risk Level 2: Low

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Discovered:: March 21, 2002
Updated:: February 13, 2007 11:48:16 AM
Also Known As:: W32.Caric@mm, W32/MyLife.b@MM [McAfee], WORM_MYLIFE.B [Trend], W32/Caric-A [Sophos], Win32.MyLife.B [CA], W32/Mylife.B [Panda]
Type:: Worm
Systems Affected:: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP

W32.MyLife.B@mm is a mass-mailing worm that uses Microsoft Outlook to spread to all addresses in the Outlook address book. It copies itself to C:\Windows \System\Cari.scr and may delete files, depending on the system time.

NOTE: Definitions dated prior to March 22, 2002 will detect this as W32.Caric@mm.

Antivirus Protection Dates

Initial Rapid Release version March 21, 2002
Latest Rapid Release version September 28, 2010 revision 054
Initial Daily Certified version March 21, 2002
Latest Daily Certified version September 28, 2010 revision 036
Initial Weekly Certified release date March 21, 2002

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Threat Assessment

Wild

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

Damage

Damage Level: Medium

Distribution

Distribution Level: High

Writeup By: Douglas Knowles

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