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Netsky.AO | |
Threat Level Damage Distribution |
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Common name: | Netsky.AO |
Technical name: | W32/Netsky.AO.worm |
Threat level: | Medium |
Type: | Worm |
Effects: |
It spreads and affects other computers.
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Affected platforms:
| Windows XP/2000/NT/ME/98/95 |
First detected on: | May 12, 2005 |
Detection updated on: | May 12, 2005 |
Statistics | No |
Brief Description | |
Netsky.AO is a worm that spreads by copying itself, without infecting other files. Netsky.AO has no destructive effects. Netsky.AO 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.
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