W32.Netsky.E@mm

W32.Netsky.E is a mass-mailing worm that uses its own SMTP engine to send itself to the email addresses it finds when scanning hard drives and mapped drives. This worm also searches drives C through Y for folders that have names containing "Shar," and then copies itself to those folders.

The Subject, Body, and Attachment vary.

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Notes:

• Virus definitions with the version number 60301p (extended version 03/01/2004 rev 16) and later are required to detect this variant.
• LiveUpdate virus definitions with version 60301v (extended version 03/01/2004 rev 22) detect this variant.
• This worm has an MD5 hash value of 0X3D23EC8B55840B95EA75197CE9446B6D.

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Protection

• Initial Rapid Release version March 1, 2004
• Latest Rapid Release version July 12, 2008 revision 018
• Initial Daily Certified version March 1, 2004
• Latest Daily Certified version July 12, 2008 revision 019
• Initial Weekly Certified release date March 1, 2004

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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: Medium

Distribution

• Distribution Level: High