IM-Worm.Win32.Jitux

Technical Details

Jitux is an Internet worm that spreads via the MSN Messenger system. It is written in Visual Basic and its’ size is about 24KB.

The worm sends messages with the URL of the downloadable version of the worm.

Once the worm is launched, it scans the victim MSN Messenger contact list and sends all contacts the following message:

http://www.home.no/[censored]/jituxramon.exe

Jitux repeats this process over set intervals (about 1 minute).