Sophos

W32/MSNemy-B

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
How it spreads
  • Chat programs
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from April 2008 (4.28)
Protection available since 19 February 2008 21:30:18 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

W32/MSNemy-B is a worm for the Windows platform.

When first run W32/MSNemy-B copies itself to <Program Files>\MSN Messenger\msn.com.

W32/MSNemy-B sets the following registry entry:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
MSN Messenger
msn.com

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