W32.Nodoom.A@mm

Discovered:
February 18, 2004
Updated:
February 13, 2007 12:17:42 PM
Also Known As:
Win32.Nodoom.A[CA], W32/Nodoom.a@MM [McAfee], WORM_NODOOM.A [Trend Micro]
Systems Affected:
Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP

W32.Nodoom.A@mm is a mass-mailing worm that uses its own SMTP engine to send itself to all the email addresses it finds in the files with the extensions .dbx, .eml, .htm, .html, .mbx, .mmf, .nch, .ocs, .tbb, or .txt. The "From" address of the email is spoofed.

This threat is compressed with FSG.

Antivirus Protection Dates

  • Initial Rapid Release version February 19, 2004
  • Latest Rapid Release version September 28, 2010 revision 054
  • Initial Daily Certified version February 19, 2004
  • Latest Daily Certified version September 28, 2010 revision 036
  • Initial Weekly Certified release date February 25, 2004
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Writeup By: Yana Liu

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