DESTRUCTIVE
INTERNET WORM "NAKED
WIFE"
SPREADS RAPIDLY
Nakedwife
is a destructive Internet worm, uses Microsoft
Outlook to email itself. The worm is
73,728 bytes long {74KB} and written in
Visual Basic 6. It needs
"MSVBVM60.dll" to spread
otherwise it will show DLL missing error.
The e-mail attachment name will be "NakedWife.exe".
While opening the
e-mail attachment, the worm will display
a flash window with text "JibJab
Loading". In the background it
deletes the files with following
extensions *.log, *.dll, *.exe *.com,
*.bmp and makes the system unbootable.
It opens the
Microsoft Outlook Address book and sends
email to all the email Ids stored. The
message subject will be "FW: Naked
Wife", the message body will be
"> My wife never look like that
:) Best Regards, <Sender
name>" and the attachment name
will be "NakedWife.exe".
It will show similar icon to the
shockwave movie.
Choosing the
HELP->ABOUT menu in the flash window
displays the message box "You're now
F***ED! (C) 2001 by BGK (Bill Gates
Killer)".
How can I
protect my system?
Fire has
incorporated I-Worm/NakedWife into its
virus signature file, with the aim of
helping users affected by this Worm
attack to detect and eliminate it from
their systems. Fire anti-virus users can
update this signature file by using online
update facility.
How can I find
my system is infected?
A
free download
of FireLite
[ 1100KB
]
version is available to detect
all viruses including I-Worm/NakedWife.
If you find any virus, use registered
windows version of Fire to remove. To get
the registered version of Fire call us at
044-28170440 or mail to service@fireav.com
or
purchase Fire online using 
[Analysis:
Mr.Ramesh, Mr.Xavier, Prognet
Technologies Pvt. Ltd, Mar. 2001]
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