W32/Yosenio-A

Aliases	Email-Worm.Win32.Yosenio.a W32/Yosenio.A W32/Yesenio.worm.gen WORM_YESENIA.A
Category	Viruses and Spyware
Type	Worm
What to do	If you've received an alert for a virus or spyware, then follow the instructions for removing the threat.
Prevalence	low high

Summary


How it spreads	Email attachments
Affected operating systems	Windows
Characteristics	Drops more malware
Included in our products from	May 2005 (3.93)
Protection available since	6 April 2005 20:41:19 (GMT)
Detected by	All Sophos products

W32/Yosenio-A is a mass-mailing worm that also drops an overwriting virus and an Office macro virus.

Dropped files are detected as VBS/Yosenio-A and XM97/Yosenio-A. Please see the descriptions for those viruses for further information.

W32/Yosenio-A may display the following fake message text:

Zip file is damaged, truncated, or has been changed sinced it was created.
If you downloaded this file, try downloading again

W32/Yosenio-A sends itself to other users by email as an attachment.

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