W32.Kifer.B

Discovered on: February 16, 2004
Last Updated on: February 18, 2004 04:59:14 PM

W32.Kifer.B is a Trojan Horse that uses Visual Basic (VB) scripts to attempt to mail itself to the addresses it finds in the Windows® Address Book. It also spreads through file-sharing programs, such as Kazaa®, BearShare®, and LimeWire®.

The email will have the following characteristics:
Subject: Symantec Security Alert
Message Body:
Recently the worm W32.Superman@MM was found it has reportedly spread to over seven million systems in 24 hours. Luckily Symantec leading brand in security software have a cure for this fast spreading deadly worm(SEE ATTACHMENT). Please share this software with other users as this worm is expected to hit around 80% of users online in the next seven days. More information at WWW.SYMANTEC.COM
Attachment: Symantec_Support.exe





Type: Trojan Horse

Read more: http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.kifer.b.html