W32.Chili

Risk Level 1: Very Low

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Discovered:: November 12, 2002
Updated:: February 13, 2007 11:48:27 AM
Type:: Virus
Systems Affected:: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP

W32.Chili is a virus that copies itself to the hard drive and to the floppy disk drive. The virus has a standard Windows folder icon to fool unsuspecting users into believing it is really a folder. As a result, when you double-click the icon, the virus is executed.

This threat is written in Microsoft Visual Basic programming language.

Antivirus Protection Dates

Initial Rapid Release version November 13, 2002
Latest Rapid Release version September 28, 2010 revision 054
Initial Daily Certified version November 13, 2002
Latest Daily Certified version September 28, 2010 revision 036
Initial Weekly Certified release date November 13, 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: Low

Distribution

Distribution Level: Low

Writeup By: Yana Liu

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