Common names: W32/P2Pworm.CI Technical names: Alias:     Type: WORM Size: 192 Bytes     DETECTIONS Number of sightings: Date first seen: September 19, 2009 at 12:24 PM Country first seen in: Country last seen in:

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W32/P2Pworm.CI is a worm that spreads by copying itself, without infecting other files.

W32/P2Pworm.CI uses the following propagation or distribution methods:

• Exploiting vulnerabilities with the intervention of the user: exploiting vulnerabilities in file formats or applications. To exploit them successfully it needs the intervention of the user: opening files, viewing malicious web pages, reading emails, etc.
• Peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing programs: it makes copies of itself with enticing names in shared folders belonging to these programs. Other users of this type of networks then voluntarily download and run the infected files.
• Instant messaging: it sends links pointing to a copy of itself to all users included in the infected user's contacts list.

The main objective of W32/P2Pworm.CI is to spread and affect other computers.

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