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Author Message Common Ground / Security Blanket - Computer Questions / One Destructive Sponge - WORM_SPONGE.A (Low Risk) Robin Cast Member Posts: 940 Registered: Aug 2002  Posted 11-04-02 02:58 PM                 WORM_SPONGE.A is a destructive, memory-resident worm that propagates via Microsoft Outlook by sending itself as an email attachment to all addresses found in the Microsoft Outlook address book. It arrives in an email with the following details: Subject: SpongeBob Wallpaper Message Body: Send this to your friends and make them laugh… Attachment: Spongy.exe It drops files and modifies the registry so that its copy, ACE1.COM executes at every Windows startup. The worm also overwrites .SCR and .PIF files, and its Macro virus component infects Microsoft Word documents by overwriting the NORMAL.DOT template. If you would like to scan your computer for WORM_SPONGE.A or thousands of other worms, viruses, Trojans and malicious code, visit HouseCall, Trend Micro's free online virus scanner at: http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ WORM_SPONGE.A is detected and cleaned by Trend Micro pattern file #372 and above. For additional information about WORM_SPONGE.A please visit: http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/vir...e=WORM_SPONGE.A I toss my cookies for Disney. I wonder what inspired this new Disney T-shirt? "I'm right. You're wrong. Any Questions?" Common Ground / Security Blanket - Computer Questions / One Destructive Sponge - WORM_SPONGE.A (Low Risk)