Virus:Worm/NetSky.B.1
Date discovered:18/02/2004
Type:Worm
In the wild:Yes
Reported Infections:Medium
Distribution Potential:Medium to high
Damage Potential:Low
Static file:Yes
File size:22.016 Bytes
MD5 checksum:D4A3677976B656AEC6AFCF2E03459A8D
VDF version:6.24.0.9

 General Methods of propagation:
   • Email
   • Peer to Peer


Aliases:
   •  Symantec: W32.Netsky.B@mm
   •  Mcafee: W32/Netsky.b@MM
   •  Kaspersky: Email-Worm.Win32.NetSky.b
   •  TrendMicro: WORM_NETSKY.B
   •  F-Secure: W32/Netsky.B@mm
   •  Grisoft: I-Worm/Netsky.B
   •  VirusBuster: I-Worm/Netsky.B
   •  Bitdefender: Win32.Netsky.B@mm


Platforms / OS:
   • Windows 95
   • Windows 98
   • Windows 98 SE
   • Windows NT
   • Windows ME
   • Windows 2000
   • Windows XP
   • Windows 2003


Side effects:
   • Drops malicious files
   • Uses its own Email engine
   • Registry modification


Right after execution the following information is displayed:

Description inserted by Andrei Gherman on Monday, August 29, 2005
Description updated by Andrei Gherman on Wednesday, August 31, 2005

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