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3/30: Kelvir-F IM Worm Sends Message
 

3/30: Kelvir-F IM Worm Sends Message
March 30, 2005

W32/Kelvir-F is an instant messaging worm that spreads by sending a message through Windows Messenger to all of an infected user's contacts. W32/Kelvir-F arrives attached to a message that encourages the recipient to visit a web page to download a file.

At the time of writing, the file at the URL is named funnyashell.scr and is detected by Sophos's anti-virus products as W32/Rbot-ZU.

More information can be found at Sophos page.


 
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