W32.Mylife.J@mm

W32.Mylife.J@mm is a variant of W32.Mylife@mm worm. It is a mass-mailing worm that emails itself to all email addresses in the Microsoft Outlook address book and the MSN Messenger contact list. It arrives as the attachment USA.scr. It may delete files, depending on where the worm is executed. It will also send a copy of itself to a specific email address contained within the worm.

Protection

• Initial Rapid Release version April 11, 2002
• Latest Rapid Release version July 12, 2008 revision 018
• Initial Daily Certified version April 11, 2002
• Latest Daily Certified version July 12, 2008 revision 019
• Initial Weekly Certified release date April 12, 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: Easy

Damage

• Damage Level: Medium

Distribution

• Distribution Level: High