W32.Marque.Worm

W32.Marque.Worm is a worm that uses its own SMTP engine to send an HTML-formatted email to all the contacts in the Windows Address Book. The email contains a link to a specific Web site. If you click the link and connect to the site, the worm file, Zelig.scr, will be automatically downloaded.

This threat is written in the Microsoft Visual C++ programming language and is compressed with ASPack.

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Note: Virus definitions dated prior to October 27, 2003 may detect this threat as W32.Marque@mm.

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Protection

• Initial Rapid Release version October 24, 2003
• Latest Rapid Release version July 19, 2008 revision 019
• Initial Daily Certified version October 24, 2003
• Latest Daily Certified version July 19, 2008 revision 018
• Initial Weekly Certified release date October 24, 2003

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Threat Assessment

Wild

• Wild Level: Low
• Number of Infections: 0 - 49
• Number of Sites: 3 - 9
• Geographical Distribution: Low
• Threat Containment: Easy
• Removal: Easy

Damage

• Damage Level: Low

Distribution

• Distribution Level: High