Malware type: Worm

Aliases: Worm.Win32.Apart.a (Kaspersky), W32/Kazmor.worm.gen!p2p (McAfee), W32.HLLW.Apart (Symantec), Worm/Apart.A (Avira), W32/Apart-A (Sophos),

In the wild: No

Destructive: No

Language: English

Platform: Windows

Encrypted: No

Description: 
This worm propagates via local networks. It has backdoor capabilities and may perform the following actions on target systems:

• perform DoS (Denial of Service) attacks on remote systems
• download a file from a Web site
• execute the downloaded file
• steal cached passwords of MSN accounts, and .NET Messenger information as well

This worm drops a copy of itself and modifies the registry by adding an autostart entry to execute itself automatically on the next startup.

For additional information about this threat, see:
Solution
Technical Details

Description created: Sep. 2, 2002 3:26:46 PM GMT -0800
Description updated: Sep. 2, 2002 4:52:27 PM GMT -0800

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