| Publisher | Kaspersky Lab | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Format | HTML | Date added | 20 Dec 2001 |
| Topics | Anti-Virus | ||
| Downloads | 31 | ||
Kaspersky Labs responds to the "alert" sent out by other anti-virus companies. Kaspersky Labs reports the detection of the latest Internet worm, I.Worm.Maldal (a.k.a. Christmas). At the moment, no cases of infection by this malicious program have been reported. This warning is for the benefit of users, who have been alarmed by reports issued by other anti-virus companies. Maldal is written in Visual Basic, is an EXE file about 37Kb, and is compressed in a UPX utility. The worm spreads via e-mail, and in order to start-up, the worm gains access to the Outlook address book. This is done unbeknownst to users, after which the worm sends out its copy to each address found in Outlook. It's important to note that the attached worm file always has the name CHRISTMAS.EXE.
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