W32/Kelvir-F

Category: Viruses and Spyware
Type: Win32 worm
Prevalence: Small Number of Reports

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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 encourages the recipient to visit a web page to download a file.

At the time of writing, the file at the URL specified in the message is named funnyashell.scr and is detected by Sophos's anti-virus products as W32/Rbot-ZU. 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 encourages the recipient to visit a web page to download a file. The message text is randomly chosen from the following:

hey check this out I almost pee'd my pants <URL>
wow, i almost fell off the chair when i saw this <URL>
haha i just found the funniest drawing, check it out <URL>
wow, this drawing makes you feel like your on some type of drug <URL>
crazy, its like a virtual acidtrip or something, check it out <URL>

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

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