W32.Mylife.N@mm

W32.Mylife.N@mm is a mass-mailing worm that sends itself to all the contacts in the Microsoft Outlook address book. The email is in one of the following formats:

Subject: Old Shakira
Attachment: Shakira_1997_part_1_.Mpeg_.scr

or:

Subject: Fw: Julia Roberts
Attachment: Julia_Roberts_*******_toilet.Mpeg_.scr [name censored]

Depending on the time of day, this worm may also attempt to delete certain files.

Protection

• Initial Rapid Release version July 5, 2003
• Latest Rapid Release version July 12, 2008 revision 018
• Initial Daily Certified version July 5, 2003
• Latest Daily Certified version July 12, 2008 revision 019
• Initial Weekly Certified release date July 9, 2003

Click here for a more detailed description of Rapid Release and Daily Certified virus definitions.

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: High

Distribution

• Distribution Level: High