W32/Bymer.A.Worm

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W32/Bymer.A.Worm Destructivity: Spreading: Overall risk:
  
• Detected by virus detection files published: 11/10/2000 • Type: Worm
• Virus characteristics first published: 11/10/2000 • Spreading mechanism: Network
• Virus characteristics latest update: 3/17/2004 • Overall risk: Low
• Alias: Dnet.Dropper, W32/Msinit, W32.HLLW.Bymer • Payload:
• Infection type: Microsoft Windows 95/98/98 SE/ME/NT 4/2000/XP/2003/Vista  

Virus type Spreading
mechanism 		Destructivity
and payload 		Additional
descriptions 		Detection
and removal
W32/Bymer installs a Dnetc client (not viral). Note that if Dnetc.exe and Dnetc.ini are present on a computer, this in itself does not necessarily mean that you are infected. These files may be on the computer for legitimate reasons.

More info about Dnetc may be found here: http://www.distributed.net Distributed.net is a non-profit organization which combines thousands of computers around the word to use their processing power in idle times to solve various special tasks. The W32/Bymer is deploying copies of distributed.net's Dnetc client.
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