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- Discovered:
- February 2, 2004
- Updated:
- February 13, 2007 12:16:59 PM
- Also Known As:
- W32/Holar.gen@MM [McAfee], I-Worm.Holar.f [Kaspersky]
- Type:
- Worm
- Systems Affected:
- Windows 2000, Windows 3.x, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP
W32.Galil.F@mm is a mass-mailing worm that uses its own SMTP engine or Microsoft Outlook to spread. It harvests email addresses from the files in the current user's Temporary Internet Files folder, Yahoo Messenger, Microsoft Outlook address book, as well as the files whose extensions are .asf, .avi, .doc, .jpg, .mdb, .mpe, .mpeg, .mpg, .pps, .ram, .rar, or .xls.
The worm may spoof the "From" field. The email message has a randomly selected subject line, which may also be the attachment name. The attachment has a .bhx, .exe, .hqx, .mim, .uu , .uue, or .xxe extension.
It is written in the Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) programming language and is compressed with UPX.
Antivirus Protection Dates
- Initial Rapid Release version February 3, 2004
- Latest Rapid Release version September 28, 2010 revision 054
- Initial Daily Certified version February 3, 2004
- Latest Daily Certified version September 28, 2010 revision 036
- Initial Weekly Certified release date February 4, 2004
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: Low
Distribution
- Distribution Level: High
Writeup By: Yana Liu
