I recieved an e-mail from
My virus checker say it is a virus and it attaches to your outgoing e-mails as " ".
TS
This worm is very similar to D@mm except that it also has the ability to overwrite .scr and .pif files and to infect HTML files. Norton AntiVirus detects the infected HTML files as E.
If E@mm is executed, it does the following:
It infects the file and HTML (.htm and .html) files.
It overwrites .scr and .pif files that it finds in the Windows or WindowsSystem folders with a copy of itself.
It creates the files:
C:
C:
Next, the worm creates the folder WindowsSys486 and places a copy of itself in that folder as
NOTE: This worm also creates many other files, but Norton AntiVirus detects all of them.
Then the worm adds the value:
*swap486 C:
to the registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRunServices
The worm then uses Microsoft Outlook to send itself. The email is formatted in the following manner:
Subject: RE: i urgently need files for my computer
Message: really? here are some useful files... enjoy...
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