WORM_ARTIEF.AEF
Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003
Threat Type: Worm
Destructiveness: No
Encrypted: No
In the wild: Yes
OVERVIEW
This worm arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.
It executes the files it drops, prompting the affected system to exhibit the malicious routines they contain.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
147,487 bytes
RTF
No
28 Mar 2011
Arrival Details
This worm arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.
Dropping Routine
This worm drops the following files:
- %User Temp%\update.exe
(Note: %User Temp% is the current user's Temp folder, which is usually C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Local Settings\Temp on Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003.)
It executes the files it drops, prompting the affected system to exhibit the malicious routines they contain.