W32/Fever

Category: Viruses and Spyware Protection available since:27 Apr 2001 00:00:00 (GMT)
Type: Win32 worm Last Updated:27 Apr 2001 00:00:00 (GMT)
Prevalence: No Reports

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W32/Fever is a Win32 worm.

It copies itself to the Windows system directory as "gp32.exe" and creates the registry entry

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\RunServices = "gp32.exe"

so that the worm is run on start-up as a background process.

The worm may attach itself to emails.

The worm works on Windows 95/98/Me, Windows NT and Windows 2000.

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