Malware type: Worm

Aliases: P2P-Worm.Win32.Shermnar (Kaspersky), W32/Shermnar.worm (McAfee), W32.Shermnar.Worm (Symantec), Worm/P2P.Shermnar (Avira), W32/Shermnar-A (Sophos),

In the wild: No

Destructive: No

Language: English

Platform: Windows

Encrypted: No

Description: 
This nondestructive worm creates multiple copies of itself on infected machines. It sets the Internet Explorer home page to:

http://shermnar.web.ctonet.it/NortonAntivirus2002UpdateInstaler.exe

This worm also attempts to propagate by copying itself to any accessible, peer-to-peer KaZaA file-sharing network drive.

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Description created: Jun. 10, 2002 5:25:14 PM GMT -0800
Description updated: Jun. 10, 2002 8:15:58 PM GMT -0800

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