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Bobby Approved (v 3.2)
Thursday, December 27, 2001

http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/myba.shtml

Virus Alert: MyBaby

NAME: MyBabyPic
ALIAS: IWorm_Myba, I-Worm.Myba

Myba is the Internet worm spreading with emails by sending infected messages from affected computers. While spreading the worm uses MS Outlook and sends itself to all addresses that are stored in MS Outlook Address Book.... When run (if a user clicks on attached infected file) the worm sends its copies by email, installs itself into the system and performs destructive actions. The worm sends itself as email messages with attached EXE file, that is the
worm itself. The message has:
The Subject: My baby pic !!!
Message body: Its my animated baby picture !!
Attached file name: mybabypic.exe


 


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