Worm/Minusia.A - Worm

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Virus:	Worm/Minusia.A
Date discovered:	22/03/2006
Type:	Worm
In the wild:	Yes
Reported Infections:	Low
Distribution Potential:	Medium to high
Damage Potential:	Low
Static file:	No
VDF version:	6.34.00.83 - Wed, 22 Mar 2006 10:08 (GMT+1)

General Methods of propagation:
   • Email
   • Local network

Aliases:
   • Symantec: W32.Renama.A@mm
   • Kaspersky: Email-Worm.Win32.Minusi.a
   • Sophos: W32/Minusia-A
   • Bitdefender: Win32.Minusia.A

Platforms / OS:
   • Windows NT
   • Windows ME
   • Windows 2000
   • Windows XP
   • Windows 2003

Side effects:
   • Drops files
   • Registry modification
   • Makes use of software vulnerability

Right after execution it runs a windows application which will display the following window:

If in victim machine, in %WINDIR%\ exists a file with the following name, muhammad_is_my_prophet.txt, the worm would not infect the machine.

For more details see full description here .

Description inserted by Andrei Ivanes on Wed, 22 Mar 2006 11:02 (GMT+1)
Description updated by Andrei Ivanes on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 13:09 (GMT+1)

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