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Email-Worm:W32/Warezov

Name : Email-Worm:W32/Warezov
Detection Names : Email-Worm.Win32.Warezov
Category:Malware
Type:Email-Worm
Platform:W32

Summary

This type of worm is embedded in an e-mail attachment, and spreads using the infected computer's e-mailing networks.

Disinfection

Allow F-Secure Anti-Virus to disinfect the relevant files.

For more general information on disinfection, please see Removal Instructions.

Additional Details

E-mail:W32/Warezov variants are mass-mailing worms that send their worm-code file as e-mail attachments to addresses found on infected computers. The worm attempts to download updated variants from specified website(s) on the Internet.

After the worm's file is run, it shows a message box as a decoy. It installs itself so that it runs when Windows is started.

For more details of the worm's functionalities, see the representative variants listed below: