W32.Buxth@mm

Risk Level 2: Low

Discovered:
July 22, 2002
Updated:
July 23, 2002 2:11:34 PM
Systems Affected:
Windows 98, Windows 95, Windows XP, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows 2000
W32.Buxth@mm is a mass mailing worm that sends itself to all email addresses it gathers from the user's Outlook Express and Internet Mail Inboxes. It attempts to send the user's .pwl (password list) files to a remote user. The worm also installs a back door server on the compromised host.

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