Sécurité Proactive
W32/Maldal.E@mm
Threat risk
Threat risk medium
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Detection files published:
03 Jan 2002 |
Description created:
2001-12-31 |
Description updated:
2002-01-03 |
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Alias:
W32/Maldal.D |
Spreading mechanism
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Payload:
Deletes files | ||
Summary
This is a variant in the Maldal email worm series. So far there are at least seven variants in this family.This variant is compressed using the Aspack compression utility, and is 27136 bytes long.
Spreading description
Email characteristics:
Body: Variable, somposed of several fragments
Attachment: zacker.exe, or executable with name of computer
Because of this the subject and attachment name will often be "ZaCker" as the worm uses computername for mail subject and attachment name.
Threat description
The worm attepts to delete a lot of files, including several antivirus installations.Removal
General information about removal of malicious software
Norman's antivirus products are in general able to remove all malicious software that is detected.
Some malware, however, uses techniques that the general product does not remove sufficiantly. We have therefore developed the free product Norman Malware Cleaner. Please use the latest version of this program from the link below - if your Norman antivirus is unable to clean-up the infection.
| Utilisation | Titre | Commentaire |
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| Stopper la propagation des virus sur les partages réseau | ||
| Cleaning of back-up folders on Windows Me and XP |
