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W32.Mimail.Q

Posted: March 28, 2006

W32.Mimail.Q@mm is polymorphic in nature and is similar to W32.Mimail.A@mm. The worm creates a polymorphically modified version of itself as Sys32.exe and a static version of itself as Outlook.exe, which was detected as W32.Mimail.Gen.

The worm attempts to send itself by email to the email addresses found on the computer. The message body and subject lines can vary.

The worm may also show a dialog box prompting you for your personal information to steal e-gold account information, and attempt to steal other computer information.

File System Modifications

  • The following files were created in the system:
    # File Name
    1 outlook.exe
    2 Sys32.exe

Registry Modifications

  • The following newly produced Registry Values are:
    HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Browsetothekey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRunDeletethevaluesystem
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