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.
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This is a variant of the Stration worm. It sends phishing links to all the Skype contacts on the victim's contact list. It also searches all files with the following extensions looking for e-mail information to steal:
- .adb
- .asp
- .cfg
- .cgi
- .dbx
- .dhtm
- .eml
- .htm
- .html
- .jsp
- .mbx
- .mdx
- .mht
- .mmf
- .msg
- .nch
- .ods
- .oft
- .php
- .pl
- .sht
- .shtm
- .stm
- .tbb
- .txt
- .uin
- .wab
- .wsh
- .xls
- .xml
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