W32.Jantic@mm

Risk Level 2: Low

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Discovered:: July 9, 2003
Updated:: February 13, 2007 12:03:39 PM
Also Known As:: Bloodhound.W32.VBWORM, W32/Generic.a@MM [McAfee]
Type:: Worm
Systems Affected:: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP

W32.Jantic@mm is a mass-mailing worm that uses Microsoft Outlook to send itself to all the contacts in the Outlook Address Book. W32.Jantic@mm is a Visual Basic application compiled to native code.

The email has the following characteristics:

Subject: You have a ecard!
Body: You have recieved a E-Card! Check your attatchments!
Attachment: attachment.exe (36,864 bytes)

NOTE: Virus definitions dated prior to July 10, 2003 may detect this threat as Bloodhound.W32.VBWORM.

Antivirus Protection Dates

Initial Rapid Release version July 10, 2003
Latest Rapid Release version July 10, 2003
Initial Daily Certified version July 10, 2003
Latest Daily Certified version July 10, 2003
Initial Weekly Certified release date July 16, 2003

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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: High

Distribution

Distribution Level: High

Writeup By: Sergei Shevchenko

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