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Name: |
Loveletter |
| Type: |
Worm |
| Also Known As: |
Lovebug, I-Worm.LoveLetter, ILOVEYOU |
| Danger Level: |
6 |
| Category Description: |
Virus-like program that spreads automatically to other computers by sending itself out by email or by any other means. A program that propagates itself by attacking other machines and copying itself to the affected machine.
Worms have self-replicating code that travels from machine to machine by various means. A worms first objective is merely propagation. Worms can be destructive depending on what payload they have been given. Worms may replace files, but do not insert themselves into files. |
| Comment: |
The worm uses the Outlook e-mail application to spread. LoveLetter is also an overwriting VBS virus and it spreads using a mIRC client as well.
When it is executed, it first copies itself to the Windows System directory as:
- MSKernel32.vbs
- LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU.TXT.vbs
and to the Windows directory as:
- Win32DLL.vbs
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