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Mar
20th

How W32.Netsky.D@mm Impacts your Computer

Author: Indre | Files under Fix slow PC

n_0_networms.gifI can imagine that you are overloaded with various types of malware. Be wary of computer infections like viruses, trojans and worms which can invade your computer without your consent. W32.Netsky.D@mm is one of the many computer diseases out there nowadays.

It is a mass-mailing worm. Netsky.D propagates through e-mails with spoofed “from” addresses. It sends copies of itself to addresses collected from an infected machine’s local and mapped (C: through Z:) network drive. This threat also tries to eliminate Mydoom infections. To protect yourself from this danger do not open or execute unknown email attachments. And of course keep your antivirus up to date. It is notable that most updated antivirus programs are able to detect and clean Netsky. Additionally, online scanners and removal programs can also be helpful.

This killing threat, W32.Netsky.D@mm, has the following aliases:

I-Worm.NetSky.d (Kaspersky Lab)
W32/Netsky.d@MM (McAfee)
W32.Netsky.D@mm (Symantec)
Win32.HLLM.Netsky.based (Doctor Web)
Win32/Netsky.D@mm (RAV)
WORM_NETSKY.D (Trend Micro)
Worm/Netsky.D.Dam (H+BEDV)
W32/Netsky.D@mm (FRISK)
Win32:Netsky-D (ALWIL)
I-Worm/Netsky.D (Grisoft)
Worm.SomeFool.Gen-1 (ClamAV)
W32/Netsky.D.worm (Panda)
Win32/Netsky.D (Eset)

It is believed that W32.Netsky.D@mm affects systems such as Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP. I mentioned earlier that W32.Netsky.D@mm is a mass-mailing worm that uses its own SMTP engine to send itself to all the email addresses it gathers from files with the following extensions on drives C through to Z:

    .dhtm
    .cgi
    .shtm
    .msg
    .oft
    .sht
    .dbx
    .tbb
    .adb
    .doc
    .wab
    .asp
    .uin
    .rtf
    .vbs
    .html
    .htm
    .pl
    .php
    .txt
    .eml

Be careful of the following attachment names: 5worm.jpg

your_website.pif
your_product.pif
your_letter.pif
your_archive.pif
your_text.pif
your_bill.pif
your_details.pif
document_word.pif
document_excel.pif
my_details.pif
all_document.pif
application.pif
mp3music.pif
yours.pif
document_4351.pif
your_file.pif
document_full.pif
message_part2.pif
document.pif
your_document.pif
your_picture.pif
message_details

As worms circulate by exploiting vulnerabilities in operating systems, you should keep Anti-virus and anti-spyware software up-to-date. It is also highly advisable to use a firewall.

Resources:
Threat W32/Netsky.D-mm
The aliases of the worm
What is a computer worm?

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