W32.Panol@mm

W32.Panol@mm is a mass-mailing worm that uses Microsoft Outlook to send itself to all the contacts in the Outlook Address Book.

The email has the following characteristics:

Subject: The easy, automatic way to keep your PC virus-free
Message:
Online hackers know more than 2,500 ways to break into naked, unprotected PC systems. In seconds, they steal private files, credit card statements, tax records, passwords even Social Security Numbers.
Attachment: Virus_scanner.exe

This threat is written in the Microsoft Visual Basic programming language and is compressed with UPX.

Protection

• Initial Rapid Release version August 21, 2003
• Latest Rapid Release version August 20, 2008 revision 017
• Initial Daily Certified version August 21, 2003
• Latest Daily Certified version January 20, 2009 revision 048
• Initial Weekly Certified release date August 27, 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: Easy

Damage

• Damage Level: Low

Distribution

• Distribution Level: High