W32.Ahker.N@mm

W32.Ahker.N@mm is a mass-mailing worm that sends a copy of itself to email addresses gathered from the compromised computer and performs a denial of service attack against the www.cnn.com domain.

Antivirus Protection Dates

• Initial Rapid Release version September 20, 2005
• Latest Rapid Release version August 2, 2008 revision 020
• Initial Daily Certified version September 20, 2005
• Latest Daily Certified version January 20, 2009 revision 048
• Initial Weekly Certified release date September 21, 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: Medium

Distribution

• Distribution Level: Medium