Worm/Sober.P - Worm

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Virus:	Worm/Sober.P
Date discovered:	02/05/2005
Type:	Worm
In the wild:	Yes
Reported Infections:	Medium
Distribution Potential:	Medium
Damage Potential:	Medium
Static file:	No
File size:	53.554 Bytes
VDF version:	6.30.00.151 - Mon, 02 May 2005 22:10 (GMT+1)
Heuristic:	Worm/Sober.gen

General Method of propagation:
   • Email

Aliases:
   • Symantec: W32.Sober.O@mm
   • Mcafee: W32/Sober.p@MM
   • Kaspersky: Email-Worm.Win32.Sober.p
   • TrendMicro: WORM_SOBER.S
   • Sophos: W32/Sober-N
   • Panda: W32/Sober.V.worm!CME-456
   • Grisoft: I-Worm/Sober.P
   • Bitdefender: Win32.Sober.O@mm

Platforms / OS:
   • Windows 95
   • Windows 98
   • Windows 98 SE
   • Windows NT
   • Windows ME
   • Windows 2000
   • Windows XP
   • Windows 2003

Side effects:
   • Downloads a malicious file
   • Drops files
   • Uses its own Email engine
   • Registry modification

Right after execution the following information is displayed:

For more details see full description here .

Description inserted by Andrei Ivanes on Fri, 07 Apr 2006 17:40 (GMT+1)
Description updated by Andrei Ivanes on Wed, 12 Apr 2006 09:55 (GMT+1)

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