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Study Guide

How it Spreads:

    Systems affected:

    • PCs: Windows 95, 98, Me and 2000
    • Servers: Windows 2000 and Windows NT running Microsoft Internet Information server (IIS)

    Methods of Infection:

    • E-mail attachment -- Opening or previewing infected e-mail
    • Internet scans and infection of vulnerable servers
    • Open shares on local networks
    • Visiting infected web pages -- JavaScript

Effects of Infection:

  • Spreads copies of itself across many critical Windows files and appends code to HTML documents.
  • Increased traffic from Internet scans and e-mails

How to Prevent:

  • Don't open attachments!
  • Disable JavaScript
  • Update Microsoft and anti-virus software

How to Remove: