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- Discovered:
- September 23, 2003
- Updated:
- February 13, 2007 12:12:11 PM
- Also Known As:
- W32.Mintop@mm, Win32.HLLW.Mintop[KAV], W32/Pereban@mm[McAfee]
- Type:
- Worm
- Systems Affected:
- Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP
W32.Bigfairy.C@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 Chinese characters in the subject line and message.
The attachment is one of the following:
- Myphoto<a Chinese character>jpg.exe
- Islove<a Chinese character> jpg.exe
- Helpme<a Chinese character> jpg.exe
This threat is written in the Microsoft Visual Basic programming language.
Note: Definitions dated prior to April 19, 2004 detect this threat as W32.Mintop@mm.
Antivirus Protection Dates
- Initial Rapid Release version September 24, 2003
- Latest Rapid Release version September 28, 2010 revision 054
- Initial Daily Certified version September 24, 2003
- Latest Daily Certified version September 28, 2010 revision 036
- Initial Weekly Certified release date September 24, 2003
Click here for a more detailed description of Rapid Release and Daily Certified virus definitions.
Writeup By: Yana Liu
