W32.Mylife.I@mm

Risk Level 2: Low

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Discovered:: April 12, 2002
Updated:: February 13, 2007 11:46:18 AM
Type:: Worm

W32.Mylife.I@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 peeeep~~~.scr. It will also send a copy of itself to a specific email address contained within the worm.

Antivirus Protection Dates

Initial Rapid Release version April 15, 2002
Latest Rapid Release version September 28, 2010 revision 054
Initial Daily Certified version April 15, 2002
Latest Daily Certified version September 28, 2010 revision 036
Initial Weekly Certified release date April 17, 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: Douglas Knowles

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