Discovered: February 15, 2002
Updated: February 13, 2007 11:46:11 AM
Also Known As: W32/Kiltro@MM [McAfee], WORM_KITRO.A [Trend], W32.Kiltro.Worm, I-Worm.Kitro [AVP], W32/Kitro-A [Sophos], Win32.Kitro [CA], W32/Psycho.A [Panda], Win32.HLLM.Kiltro [DrWeb]
Type: Worm
W32.Kitro.A.Worm is a worm that is written in Delphi. It uses SMTP to send itself to email address that it finds in the MSN Messenger Service list.
Definitions prior to July 8th 2002 may detect this threat as W32.Kiltro.Worm.
Protection
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Initial Rapid Release version February 19, 2002
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Latest Rapid Release version February 13, 2008 revision 035
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Initial Daily Certified version February 19, 2002
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Latest Daily Certified version February 5, 2008 revision 005
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Initial Weekly Certified release date February 20, 2002
Click for a more detailed description of Rapid Release and Daily Certified virus definitions.
Threat Assessment
Wild
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Wild Level: Low
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Number of Infections: 50 - 999
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Number of Sites: 3 - 9
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Geographical Distribution: Low
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Threat Containment: Easy
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Removal: Moderate
Damage
Distribution
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Distribution Level: Medium
Writeup By: Gor Nazaryan
