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News Overview 2002.

December 2002.

  • W32.Yaha.K aka Yaha.K: a mass-mailing worm that sends itself using SMTP to all email
    addresses that exist on the local system. F.i. Microsoft Windows Address Book, MSN Messenger List, Yahoo Pager list, ICQ list and files with extensions ht*. Terminates some antivirus and firewall processes.

November 2002.

  • W32.Brida.A aka W32.Braid - Brid: A mass-mailing worm that contains its own SMTP engine. Includes a modified variant of W32.FunLove.4099.
    Attachment name: README.EXE

  • W32.Sponge aka Sponge.A: a mass-mailing worm that appends .HTM files, overwrites
    .PIF and .SCR files, and alters Microsoft Word's Normal.dot.
    Attachment name: Spongy.exe

October 2002.

  • W32.Opaserv aka Opasoft (New Variants): a network-aware worm that attempts to replicate across open network shares. Copies itself to the remote computer as a file named Brasil.exe. Attempts to download updates from www.n3t.com.br.

  • W32.Opaserv aka Opasoft: a network-aware worm that attempts to replicate across open network shares. Copies itself to the remote computer as a file named Scrsvr.exe. Attempts to download updates from www.opasoft.com.

September 2002.

  • W32.Bugbear.A aka Tanatos: a mass-mailing worm. Can be spread through network shares.
    Has keystroke-logging and backdoor capabilities. Will attempt to terminate the processes of AV
    and firewall programs.

  • Linux.Slapper.Worm aka Slapper: a family of worms that use an OpenSSL buffer
    overflow exploit to run a shell on a remote computer. Each variant targets vulnerable installations
    of the Apache Web server on Linux operating systems, including versions of SuSe, Mandrake, RedHat, Slackware, and Debian. Code for a Distributed Denial of Service attack is included.

August 2002.

 

July 2002.

  • W32.Datom aka Datom: a worm that spreads through open shares. No damaging payload.

  • W32.Frethem.K aka W32.Frethem.I - Frethem: a mass-mailing worm that uses its own SMTP engine to send itself to email addresses found in the Microsoft Windows Address Book and in .dbx, .wab, .mbx, .eml, and .mdb files.
    Attachment name: password.exe and Password.txt

June 2002.

  • W32.Yaha aka Yaha - Lentin: a mass-mailing worm that sends itself using SMTP to all email addresses that exist on the local system. F.i. Microsoft Windows Address Book,
    MSN Messenger List, Yahoo Pager list, ICQ list and files with extensions ht*.

  • VBS.VBSWG.AQ aka Shakira: a VBScript threat that send itself to users of Microsoft Outlook or IRC as 'ShakiraPics.jpg.vbs'. It will overwrite '.vbs' and '.vbe' files with its own code.
    Attachement name: ShakiraPics.jpg.vbs

May 2002.

  • W32.Benjamin.worm aka Benjamin: Seems like a popular music, movie and software
    file, but tricking the KaZaA users into downloading a fake media program to their computer and opening it. Affects only users with Kazaa software installed.

  • The JDBGMGR.EXE Virus Hoax: This hoax warns against a virus contained in a file called JDBGMGR.EXE, that is spreading by MSN Messenger.

April 2002.

  • W32.Klez.H aka Klez.H: a new member of the Klez family. A mass-mailing email worm
    that attempts to copy itself to network shares. It's using random subject lines, message bodies,
    and attachment file names. Payload is that there are files overwritten and hidden copies of the worm are created.

  • W32.Aplore aka W32.Aphex: a mass-mailing worm that emails itself to all email addresses
    in the Microsoft Outlook address book. Also uses IRC to spread itself.

March 2002.

  • W32.Cervivec.A aka Cervivec.A: a mass-mailing worm that is written in Delphi. The
    worm is packed with UPX packer. When executed, the worm attempts to find email addresses belonging to contacts in the ICQ contact list, and then to send email to them.
    Attachement name: WORMS.ZIP

  • W32.MyLife.B aka W32.Caric: Family of W32.MyLife. A mass-mailing worm that uses Microsoft Outlook to spread to all addresses in the Outlook address book. Copies itself
    to C:\Windows \System\Cari.scr and may delete files, depending on the system time.

  • W32.Atram aka W32.Porkis - W32.Storiel: yet another mass-mailing worm. Contains
    its own SMTP engine. Uses the system default SMTP server for spreading itself to addresses found
    in the Windows Address Book.
    Attachment name: PORKIS.EXE, PIPPO.EXE or BAR.EXE

  • W32.FBound.C aka W32.Impo.gen - W32.Dotjaypee: a mass-mailing worm with no payload. Only action is to send itself to all addresses found in Windows Address Book. Uses the SMTP
    engine of the infected system. Random chosen Japanese subject when address ends with '.jp'.
    Attachment name: patch.exe

  • W32.Gibe aka W32.Gibe.A: a worm that uses Microsoft Outlook and its own SMTP
    engine to spread. Arrives in an email message disguised as a Microsoft Internet Security Update.
    It also attempts to copy itself to all locally mapped remote drives.
    Attachment name: Q216309.exe

  • W32.MyLife aka MyLife.A: a simple mass-mailer that sends itself to all contacts in the Microsoft Outlook address book. A compiled Visual Basic executable that has been compressed.

  • W32.Klez.e aka Klez.e: a mass-mailing email worm that attempts to copy itself to
    network shares. It's using random subject lines, message bodies, and attachment file names. Payload is that there are files overwritten and hidden copies of the worm are created.

February 2002.

  • W32.Yarner.A aka Yarner: a mass-mailing worm written in the Delphi language. Sends itself to emails addresses from Microsoft Outlook address book and local files. Will send messages in German with subject 'Trojaner-Info Newsletter'.
    Attachment name: yawsetup.exe

January 2002.

  • W32.MyParty aka MyParty: a mass-mailing email worm. Sends out mails using it's own SMTP
    server found in Windows addressbook and '.DBX' files (MS Outlook (Express)).
    Attachment name: www.myparty.yahoo.com


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