W32.Mugly.E@mm

W32.Mugly.E@mm is a worm that uses its own SMTP engine to spread by sending itself as an email attachment to addresses gathered from the compromised computer. The worm also drops and runs a W32.Spybot.Worm variant.

Due to the threat potential and increased prevalance in the wild, Symantec Security Response has upgraded W32.Mugly.E@mm from a Category 1 to a Category 2 as of January 14, 2005.

Protection

• Initial Rapid Release version January 14, 2005
• Latest Rapid Release version August 20, 2008 revision 017
• Initial Daily Certified version January 14, 2005
• Latest Daily Certified version January 20, 2009 revision 048
• Initial Weekly Certified release date January 19, 2005

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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: Low

Distribution

• Distribution Level: High