Windows XP/2000/NT/ME/98/95

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.