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| Protection available since | 25 March 2004 17:18:52 (GMT) |
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| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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Please follow the instructions for removing worms.
Download and install the Microsoft patch mentioned above.
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W32/Snapper-A spreads through the emails using a known IE vulnerability.
For more details see MS03-040.
When an infected message is opened the link to the malicious site is activated and a script component with the filename htmlhelp.cgi is executed.
When run htmlhelp.cgi extracts and the main component of the worm to the Windows system folder as IELOAD.DLL and launches it.
W32/Snapper-A sends infected messages to all entries in the Outlook address book.
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