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Storm.worm

 
Threat LevelModerate threat
DamageHigh
DistributionNot widespread

Effects

The main objective of Storm.worm is to spread and affect other computers.

 

Means of transmission 


Storm.worm does not spread automatically using its own means. It needs the attacking user's intervention in order to reach the affected computer. The means of transmission used include, among others, floppy disks, CD-ROMs, email messages with attached files, Internet downloads, FTP, IRC channels, peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing networks, etc.

Further Details  

Storm.worm has the following additional characteristics:

  • It is 1000 bytes in size.