W32.HLLW.Yoohoo.C

W32.HLLW.Yoohoo.C is a worm that copies itself to the shared folders of the KaZaA, Bearshare, Morpheus, and eDonkey2000 file-sharing programs. It is written in the Borland Delphi programming language and may be compressed with UPX.



NOTE: Definitions dated prior to August 27, 2002 may detect this as W32.HLLW.Spear.

Protection

• Initial Rapid Release version August 26, 2002
• Latest Rapid Release version July 19, 2008 revision 019
• Initial Daily Certified version August 26, 2002
• Latest Daily Certified version January 20, 2009 revision 048
• Initial Weekly Certified release date August 28, 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: Medium