Malware type: File Infector

Aliases: W32.Magistr.39921@mm(Symantec), W32/Magistr-B(Sophos), Email-Worm.Win32.Magistr.b(Kaspersky), W32/Magistr.B4(Avira), W32/Magistr.32768@mm(F-Prot), W32/Magistr.b@MM(McAfee)

In the wild: Yes

Destructive: Yes

Language: English

Platform: Windows

Encrypted: No

Description: 
This variant of PE_MAGISTR.A has polymorphic capabilities. It obtains email addresses from *.WAB, *.DBX, and *.MBX files found in the infected system’s disk and then sends emails with its infected files as attachments. It may also include non-viral files such as .DOC, .GIF, and .TXT files as attachments to the emails it sends out.This destructive variant trashes the Hard Drive and deletes certain files.

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Description created: Sep. 4, 2001 1:52:38 AM GMT -0800
Description updated: Sep. 6, 2001 4:35:00 PM GMT -0800

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