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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
| Included in our products from | April 2008 (4.28) |
| Protection available since | 19 February 2008 21:30:18 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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W32/MSNemy-A is a worm for the Windows platform.
W32/MSNemy-A will copy itself to the file <Program files>\MSN messenger\msn.com with the hidden attribute set.
W32/MSNemy-A will send a message to every entry in the infected user's MSN contact list enticing them to click on a link. Doing so will download a copy of the worm.
W32/MSNemy-A will create the file <Windows>\admintxt.txt.
W32/MSNemy-A will set the following registry entry so that it will run on system restart.
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
MSN messenger
msn.com
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