From; Sophos Alert System: Name: W32/Kelvir-AP Aliases: IM-Worm.Win32.Prex.d Type: Win32 worm Date: 23 June 2005 Sophos has issued protection for W32/Kelvir-AP. At the time of writing, Sophos has received a small number of reports of this worm from the wild. Customers using EM Library, Enterprise Console, PureMessage or any of our Sophos small business solutions will be automatically protected at their next scheduled update. Information about W32/Kelvir-AP can be found at: http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32kelvirap.html W32/Kelvir-AP is an instant messaging worm for the Windows platform. The worm monitors the status of MSN Messenger contacts and sends the following text to all online contacts: hahaaaa you are in the weebs picture!! http://www.[DOMAIN REMOVED].com/weebspictures.php?email=[recipient's email address] The hyperlink in the message downloads a file from a remote site. At the time of writing, the downloaded file contained only the following text: THIS IS A VIRUS... Dont worry its been disable be [DOMAIN REMOVED] :) The W32/Kelvir-AP virus identity file (IDE) includes detection for: W32/Sdbot-ZR http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32sdbotzr.html Troj/Tompai-D http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojtompaid.html Troj/Dloader-PF http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojdloaderpf.html W32/Sdbot-ZT http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32sdbotzt.html Troj/Dcmbot-B http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojdcmbotb.html Troj/VB-XU http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojvbxu.html W32/Sdbot-ZS http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32sdbotzs.html Troj/Sisie-D http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojsisied.html W32/Sdbot-BIC http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32sdbotbic.html Customers with 3.xx or lower versions of Sophos Anti-Virus, who are not running EM Library, can manually download the IDE for W32/Kelvir-AP from: http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/kelvirap.ide Read about how to use IDE files at http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/363.html *********** MIKE"S REPLY SEPARATOR *********** Mike ~ It is a good day if I learned something new. Editor MikesWhatsNews see a sample on my web page http://www3.telus.net/mikebike <mikeswhatsnews-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=subscribe> http://www3.telus.net/mikebike/worm_removal.htm See my Anti-Virus pages http://virusinfo.hackfix.org/index <virusinfo-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=subscribe> A Technical Support Alliance and OWTA Charter Member
