VBS.Krim
VBS.Krim. is a mass-mailing worm that sends itself to contacts in the Microsoft Outlook address book and propagates through IRC. It also attempts to format the infected computer's C: drive, if the worm does not find a file that it creates
Systems Affected-Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP
Details
VBS.Krim arrives as an attachment to an email with the following characteristics:
Subject: SYMANTEC NORTON ANTIVIRUS
Body: REMOVE VIRUS SASSER
Attachment: mirko.bat
If the worm locates an mIRC installation, it creates a script.ini file to send itself to other IRC users.
If the C:\autoexec.bat file exists, but C:\mirko.bat does not exist, the worm attempts to add a format command to C:\autoexec.bat.
Displays the following message:
Hello %username%
Launches C:\mirko.vbs and sends itself to all email addresses in the Outlook address book.
VBS.Krim. is a mass-mailing worm that sends itself to contacts in the Microsoft Outlook address book and propagates through IRC. It also attempts to format the infected computer's C: drive, if the worm does not find a file that it creates
Systems Affected-Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP
Details
VBS.Krim arrives as an attachment to an email with the following characteristics:
Subject: SYMANTEC NORTON ANTIVIRUS
Body: REMOVE VIRUS SASSER
Attachment: mirko.bat
If the worm locates an mIRC installation, it creates a script.ini file to send itself to other IRC users.
If the C:\autoexec.bat file exists, but C:\mirko.bat does not exist, the worm attempts to add a format command to C:\autoexec.bat.
Displays the following message:
Hello %username%
Launches C:\mirko.vbs and sends itself to all email addresses in the Outlook address book.
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