I-Worm.Britney
I-worm is a simple worm that spreads via e-mail and by IRC channels and although this has just been discovered and it has not yet widely spread one should be on the look-out for it !
This worm gets into a computer in the form of an e-mail message with
the attached file 'CHM', which contains the worm. The message has the following
characteristics:
Message theme: "RE: Britney Pics"
<http://www.viruslist.com/eng/%20%20/imagesen/banners/brytny-1.gif>
Message text: Take a look at these pics ...
Regards,
%CurrentUser.Name%
Where %CurrentUser.Name% User Name.
Attached file name: BRITNEY.CHM
For the VBS-script to launch the worm needs ActiveX - therefore it
tries to get users to turn ActiveX on by displaying the following message:
<http://www.viruslist.com/eng/%20%20%20%20/imagesen/banners/britney.gif>
"Turn on ActiveX to see a photograph of Britney Spears".
While launching the worm finds the catalog containing the mIRC-client (a client that works with IRC system) and creates in it the file 'SCRIPT.INI'. In this file the worm scripts the mIRC client commands that send the worm to each computer included in the same channel as the infected computer.
After creating the file 'SCRIPT.INI' the worm sends out a copy of
itself to the first address in the MS Outlook address book and records
a copy of itself in the Windows catalog.
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