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WORM_MYLIFE.A
Overview

Malware type: Worm

Aliases: Email-Worm.Win32.Mylife.a (Kaspersky), W32/MyLife-A (Sophos),

In the wild: No

Destructive: Yes

Language: English

Platform: Windows

Encrypted: Yes

Overall risk rating:


Reported infections:

Damage potential:

High

Distribution potential:

High

Description: 
This worm propagates copies of itself via email. The details of the email it arrives with are as follows:

Subject: my life ohhhhhhhhhhhhh
Message Body:Hiiiii
How are youuuuuuuu?
look to the digital picture it's my love
vvvery verrrry ffffunny :-)
my life = my car
my car = my house
Attachment: My Life.scr

This worm displays an image of a girl holding a flower. It contains code designed to delete system files.

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

Description created: Mar. 7, 2002 3:12:49 AM GMT -0800
Description updated: Mar. 8, 2002 12:29:19 AM GMT -0800

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