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Overview

This is a virus detection. Viruses are programs that self-replicate recursively, meaning that infected systems spread the virus to other systems, which then propagate the virus further. While many viruses contain a destructive payload, it's quite common for viruses to do nothing more than spread from one system to another.

Aliases

• W32.Mylife.N@mm (Symantec)

Characteristics

-- Update July 7, 2003 --
This threat was updated to a Low-Profiled risk due to media attention at: http://silicon.com/news/500013-500001/1/5023.html

This W32/Mylife.m@MM variant has been proactively detected as "New VB Email Worm" with the 4.1.60 engine and 4198 DAT combination (or greater) with program heuristics enabled.

This mass-mailing worm is similar to previous variants. It is written in Visual Basic 6 and launches Media Player when launched.

The worm uses MAPI to send itself to all addresses in the Outlook Address book. It arrives in the below email formats:

Symptoms

The worm copies itself to the C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory using the following filenames:

• Julia_Roberts_F--king_toilet.Mpeg_.scr
• Shakira_1997_part_1_.Mpeg_.scr

The worm hooks itself to the registry to launch itself at startup:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
"Win32"=C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\Shakira_1997_part_1_.Mpeg_.scr"

Method of Infection

The worm arrives in an email posing to be an attractive screensaver. User is infected upon running the attachment

Removal

All Users :
Script,Batch,Macro and non memory-resident:
Use current engine and DAT files for detection and removal.

PE,Trojan,Internet Worm and memory resident :
Use specified engine and DAT files for detection. To remove, boot to MS-DOS mode or use a boot diskette and use the command line scanner:

Additional Windows ME/XP removal considerations

Users should not trust file icons, particularly when receiving files from others via P2P clients, IRC, email or other mediums where users can share files.

AVERT Recommended Updates :

* Office2000 Updates

* Malformed Word Document Could Enable Macro to Run Automatically (Information/Patch )

* scriptlet.typelib/Eyedog vulnerability patch

* Outlook as an email attachment security update

* Exchange 5.5 post SP3 Information Store Patch 5.5.2652.42 - this patch corrects detection issues with GroupShield

For a list of attachments blocked by the Outlook patch and a general FAQ, visit this link .
Additionally, Network Administrators can configure this update using an available tool - visit this link for more information .

It is very common for macro viruses to disable options within Office applications for example in Word, the macro protection warning commonly is disabled. After cleaning macro viruses, ensure that your previously set options are again enabled.

Variants

Variants

N/A

All Information

Overview -

This is a virus detection. Viruses are programs that self-replicate recursively, meaning that infected systems spread the virus to other systems, which then propagate the virus further. While many viruses contain a destructive payload, it's quite common for viruses to do nothing more than spread from one system to another.

Aliases

• W32.Mylife.N@mm (Symantec)

Characteristics

Characteristics -

-- Update July 7, 2003 --
This threat was updated to a Low-Profiled risk due to media attention at: http://silicon.com/news/500013-500001/1/5023.html

This W32/Mylife.m@MM variant has been proactively detected as "New VB Email Worm" with the 4.1.60 engine and 4198 DAT combination (or greater) with program heuristics enabled.

This mass-mailing worm is similar to previous variants. It is written in Visual Basic 6 and launches Media Player when launched.

The worm uses MAPI to send itself to all addresses in the Outlook Address book. It arrives in the below email formats:

Symptoms

Symptoms -

The worm copies itself to the C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory using the following filenames:

• Julia_Roberts_F--king_toilet.Mpeg_.scr
• Shakira_1997_part_1_.Mpeg_.scr

The worm hooks itself to the registry to launch itself at startup:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
"Win32"=C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\Shakira_1997_part_1_.Mpeg_.scr"

Method of Infection

Method of Infection -

The worm arrives in an email posing to be an attractive screensaver. User is infected upon running the attachment

Removal -

Removal -

All Users :
Script,Batch,Macro and non memory-resident:
Use current engine and DAT files for detection and removal.

PE,Trojan,Internet Worm and memory resident :
Use specified engine and DAT files for detection. To remove, boot to MS-DOS mode or use a boot diskette and use the command line scanner:

Additional Windows ME/XP removal considerations

Users should not trust file icons, particularly when receiving files from others via P2P clients, IRC, email or other mediums where users can share files.

AVERT Recommended Updates :

* Office2000 Updates

* Malformed Word Document Could Enable Macro to Run Automatically (Information/Patch )

* scriptlet.typelib/Eyedog vulnerability patch

* Outlook as an email attachment security update

* Exchange 5.5 post SP3 Information Store Patch 5.5.2652.42 - this patch corrects detection issues with GroupShield

For a list of attachments blocked by the Outlook patch and a general FAQ, visit this link .
Additionally, Network Administrators can configure this update using an available tool - visit this link for more information .

It is very common for macro viruses to disable options within Office applications for example in Word, the macro protection warning commonly is disabled. After cleaning macro viruses, ensure that your previously set options are again enabled.

Variants

Variants -

N/A