W32/Mimail.A@mm
| W32/Mimail.A@mm |
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| • Detected by virus detection files published: 8/1/2003 | • Type: Worm |
| • Virus characteristics first published: 8/1/2003 | • Spreading mechanism: Email |
| • Virus characteristics latest update: 3/19/2004 | • Overall risk: Medium |
| • Infection type: Microsoft Windows 95/98/98 SE/ME/NT 4/2000/XP/2003/Vista |
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This is an email worm which uses several security flaws in order to execute an exe program from within what appears to be a HTML file. |
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