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Worm:W32/NetSky.J

Classification

Category:

Malware

Type:

Email-worm

Aliases:

  • NetSky.J
  • W32/NetSky.J@mm
  • I-Worm.NetSky.j
  • W32.NetSky.J@mm

Summary

A new variant of Netsky worm - Netsky.J was found on March 8th, 2004.

Removal

Technical Details

Descriptions of all previous NetSky worm variants can be found here:

The worm's file is a PE executable file 27648 bytes long.

NetSky.J worm has a few modifications comparing to previous variants:

  • The worm uses a different mutex: "SkYnEt_AVP"
  • The worm has message for Bagle And Mydoom worm authors in the same lines as previous ones.
  • The worm uses the following subject texts:
  • The worm uses the following message body texts:
  • The worm installs itself to system as avpguard.exe file.

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