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Ridnu.H
Threat Level I
Damage II
Distribution I
Common name: Ridnu.H
Technical name: W32/Ridnu.H.worm
Threat level: Medium
Type: Worm
Effects: It writes romantic messages when the user accesses the Notepad, it switches off the screen every 5 seconds and replaces certain files related with images and videos with a copy of itself. It spreads via email and through the different system drives.
Affected platforms: Windows 2003/XP/2000/NT/ME/98/95/3.X
First detected on: May 16, 2008
Detection updated on: May 22, 2008
Statistics No
Brief Description
Ridnu.H is a worm that writes romantic messages when the user accesses the Notepad and displays the message MR COOLFACE ! if the user accesses the option Run of the Start menu.
Additionally, it deletes the files it finds in the computer which have extensions related to images and videos, replacing them with a copy of itself keeping the original name of the files.
Ridnu.H spreads via email in a message which contains an attached file with an SCR extension and also spreads through the different system drives available.
Visible Symptoms
Ridnu.H is easy to recognize, as when it is run, it shows the following symptoms:
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