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VBS.Homemade@mm
Risk Level 1: Very Low
SUMMARY
VBS.Homemade@mm is a worm written in the Visual Basic scripting language.
Protection
- Virus Definitions (Intelligent Updater) April 10, 2001
Threat Assessment
Wild
- Wild Level: Low
- Number of Infections: 0 - 49
- Number of Sites: 3 - 9
- Geographical Distribution: Low
- Threat Containment: Easy
- Removal: Easy
Damage
- Damage Level: Low
Distribution
- Distribution Level: Low
- Subject of Email: MY HOMEMADE MOVIE
- Name of Attachment: movie.avi.pif
- Size of Attachment: 1187 bytes
TECHNICAL DETAILS
Like many other worms, VBS.Homemade@mm sends email to everyone in the Microsoft Outlook Address Book. After doing so, it adds a registry key so that the action is not performed more than once.
The worm spreads as:
Message: You have to see this its unbelible
Attachment: Movie.avi.pif
REMOVAL
To remove this worm:
- Run LiveUpdate to make sure that you have the most recent virus definitions.
- Start Norton AntiVirus (NAV), and run a full system scan, making sure that NAV is set to scan all files.
- Delete any files detected as VBS.Homemade@mm.
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