- Discovered:
- August 26, 2002
- Updated:
- February 13, 2007 11:40:07 AM
- Also Known As:
- W32.HLLW.Spear, Worm.P2P.Spear [KAV], W32/Speedup.worm [McAfee]
- Type:
- Worm
- Systems Affected:
- Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP
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.
Antivirus Protection Dates
- Initial Rapid Release version August 26, 2002
- Latest Rapid Release version September 28, 2010 revision 054
- Initial Daily Certified version August 26, 2002
- Latest Daily Certified version September 28, 2010 revision 036
- 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
Writeup By: Brian Ewell



