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Discovered:
- March 21, 2002
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Updated:
- February 13, 2007 11:48:16 AM
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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]
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Type:
- Worm
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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
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Initial Rapid Release version March 21, 2002
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Latest Rapid Release version September 28, 2010 revision 054
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Initial Daily Certified version March 21, 2002
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Latest Daily Certified version September 28, 2010 revision 036
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Initial Weekly Certified release date March 21, 2002
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Threat Assessment
Wild
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Wild Level: Low
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Number of Infections: 50 - 999
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Number of Sites: More than 10
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Geographical Distribution: Medium
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Threat Containment: Easy
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Removal: Moderate
Writeup By: Douglas Knowles
