Alias:W32.Paylap@mm, W32.Mimail.H@mm, W32/Mimail-I [Sophos], WORM_MIMAIL.I [Trend], Win32.Mimail.I [Computer Associates], W32/Mimail.i@MM [McAfee], I-Worm.Mimail.i [Kaspersky]
Type:Worm 
Size:12,832 Bytes 
Origin: 
Date:00-00-0000 
Damage:Sent by email. 
VDF Version:6.23.00.00 
Danger:Medium 
Distribution:High 

DistributionThe worm uses its own SMTP engine for email spreading. The email contains:

Subject: YOUR PAYPAL.COM ACCOUNT EXPIRES

Body: Dear PayPal member, PayPal would like to inform you about some important information regarding your PayPal account. This account, which is associated with the email address will be expiring within five business days. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may cause, but this is occurring because all of our customers are required to update their account settings with their personal information. We are taking these actions because we are implementing a new security policy on our website to insure everyone's absolute privacy. To avoid any interruption in PayPal services then you will need to run the application that we have sent with this email (see attachment) and follow the instructions. Please do not send your personal information through email, as it will not be as secure. IMPORTANT! If you do not update your information with our secure application within the next five business days then we will be forced to deactivate your account and you will not be able to use your PayPal account any longer. It is strongly recommended that you take a few minutes out of your busy day and complete this now. DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE VIA EMAIL! This mail is sent by an automated message system and the reply will not be received. Thank you for using PayPal.

Attachment:
paypal.asp.scr
www.paypal.com.scr

Technical DetailsWhen activated, Worm/Mimail.I1 copies itself as
%WinDIR%\svchost32.exe
%WinDIR%\ee98af.tmp


It makes the autostart registry entry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "SvcHost32"="%WinDIR%\svchost32.exe"

The worm sends information to four predefined email addresses.

It collects email addresses from hidden Internet files, excluding those of type:
com wav cab pdf rar zip tif psd ocx vxd mp3 mpg avi dll exe gi jpg bmp. It saves the addresses into the file %WinDIR%\el388.tmp.
Description inserted by Crony Walker on Tuesday, June 15, 2004

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