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Worm.MSIL

Posted: August 31, 2010

Worm.MSIL is a malicious computer worm that attempts to propagate by exploiting local network shares. Worm.MSIL will also attempt to join a predefined IRC server and channel in order to allow hackers to participate in dangerous distributed denial-of-service attacks (DDoS). DDoS attacks are an attempt by hackers to make a computer resource unavailable to its intended users. Worm.MSIL poses a severe security threat to any PC and should be removed immediately.

Aliases

Mal/Wacker-A (Sophos)

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