W32.Solvina.gen

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Discovered:: January 18, 2002
Updated:: February 13, 2007 11:59:38 AM
Also Known As:: W32/Solvina@MM[McAfee], I-Worm.Solvina[AVP], WORM_SOLVINA.A [Trend], W32/Solvina[Sophos]
Type:: Worm
Systems Affected:: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP

W32.Solvina.gen is a simple mass-mailing worm that sends itself to all contacts in the Microsoft Outlook Address Book. The email message has the following characteristics,

Subject: Request Information
Attachment: Lamb.exe

W32.Solvina.gen is written in the Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) programming language and compressed with PackLite.

Antivirus Protection Dates

Initial Rapid Release version January 19, 2002
Latest Rapid Release version September 28, 2010 revision 054
Initial Daily Certified version January 19, 2002
Latest Daily Certified version September 28, 2010 revision 036
Initial Weekly Certified release date January 23, 2002

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Writeup By: Yana Liu

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