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Feebs.JW | |
Threat Level Damage Distribution |
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Common name: | Feebs.JW |
Technical name: | W32/Feebs.JW.worm |
Threat level: | Medium |
Type: | Worm |
Effects: |
It spreads and affects other computers.
It spreads
, via email, by infecting files that are then distributed.
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Affected platforms:
| MS-DOS;
Windows 2003/XP/2000/NT/ME/98/95 |
First detected on: | July 17, 2007 |
Detection updated on: | July 17, 2007 |
Statistics | No |
Brief Description | |
Feebs.JW is a worm that spreads by copying itself, without infecting other files. Feebs.JW uses the following propagation or distribution methods: - Exploiting vulnerabilities with the intervention of the user: exploiting vulnerabilities in file formats or applications. To exploit them successfully it needs the intervention of the user: opening files, viewing malicious web pages, reading emails, etc.
- Email: sending emails that include a copy of itself as an attachment. The computer is infected when the attachment is run.
- File infection: it infects different types of files, which are then distributed through any of the usual means: floppy disks, email messages with attachments, Internet download, files transferred via FTP, IRC channels, P2P file sharing networks, etc.
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