Discovered: June 4, 2002
Updated: February 13, 2007 11:59:12 AM
Type: Worm
Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP
W32.Shiba.Worm is a mass-mailing worm that sends itself to email addresses that it finds found in files that have the .?bx extension. The email has the following characteristics:
Subject: Hello,Shibatsu.
Message:
Japanese character of the mail text is not displayed correctly.
Then, Japanese details are sent as an attached file.
Read it.
Attachment: Letter.doc.pif
Protection
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Initial Rapid Release version June 5, 2002
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Latest Rapid Release version June 5, 2002
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Initial Daily Certified version June 5, 2002
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Latest Daily Certified version January 15, 2008 revision 017
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Initial Weekly Certified release date June 5, 2002
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Writeup By: Frederic Perriot
