Windows 98/95

Sledge.734.B is a virus that spreads to other computers by copying its code to other files or programs.

Sledge.734.B 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.
• 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.

Sledge.734.B uses the following infection strategies:

• Direct action: it infects a specific number of executable files every time the virus activates, without going memory resident.