W32.Duksten@mm

Risk Level 1: Very Low

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Discovered:: September 17, 2002
Updated:: February 13, 2007 11:57:39 AM
Also Known As:: PE_DUKSTEN.A [Trend], W32/Duksten [Panda], W32/Prestige-B [Sophos], I-Worm.Duksten [KAV], W32/Duksten.a@MM [McAfee], W32/Duksten-A [Sophos], Win32.Duksten [CA]
Type:: Worm, Virus
Systems Affected:: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP

W32.Duksten@mm is a mass-mailing worm that uses its own SMTP engine to send itself to all contacts in the Windows Address Book. The email message has the following characteristics:

From:"ISP_Tecnico"<skudo@iris.es>
Subject: NetsKudo,proteccion IP para Windows9x/Me/Nt/2000/XP
Attachment: Skudo.zip

W32.Duksten@mm is also a file infector that randomly infects random Portable Executable (PE) files.

What are Portable Executable (PE) files?
PE files are files that are portable across all Microsoft 32-bit operating systems. The same PE-format executable can be executed on any version of Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, 2000, and XP. All PE files are executable, but not all executable files are portable.

A common example of a Portable Executable file is a screen saver (.scr) file.

Antivirus Protection Dates

Initial Rapid Release version September 17, 2002
Latest Rapid Release version September 28, 2010 revision 054
Initial Daily Certified version September 17, 2002
Latest Daily Certified version September 28, 2010 revision 036
Initial Weekly Certified release date September 18, 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: Moderate

Damage

Damage Level: Medium

Distribution

Distribution Level: High

Writeup By: Yana Liu

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