Virus:Worm/MSH.Skowor.A
Date discovered:18/09/2006
Type:Worm
In the wild:Yes
Reported Infections:Low to medium
Distribution Potential:Medium
Damage Potential:Medium to high
Static file:Yes
File size:17.172 Bytes
MD5 checksum:97221d7994d1f08d8da65c0Cddad43ff
VDF version:6.34.01.122
IVDF version:6.34.01.127 - Tuesday, May 23, 2006

 General Method of propagation:
   • Peer to Peer


Aliases:
   •  Symantec: MSH.Cibyz!int
   •  Mcafee: MSH/Cibyz!p2p
   •  Kaspersky: P2P-Worm.MSH.Skowor.a
   •  TrendMicro: WORM_KIBYZ.A
   •  VirusBuster: MSH.Cybiz.
   •  Bitdefender: Worm.MSH.Skowor.A


Platforms / OS:
   • Windows XP
   • Windows 2003


Side effects:
   • Registry modification


Right after execution the following information is displayed:

Description inserted by Alexandru Tudor on Monday, September 18, 2006
Description updated by Andrei Ivanes on Friday, October 13, 2006

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