NAKEDWIFE, W2/Naked@MM script virus informaton

Updated: 03/10/2024 by Computer Hope

Virus information

03/06/2001 - Like the Anna Kournikova virus, this virus prey's on the weakness' of individuals with a tempting name. This virus was written in Visual Basic and therefore requires VB 6.0 (MSVBVM60.DLL) to run.

Symptoms

This virus has a dangerous payload, deleting important files on the computer with the extensions of DLL, INI, EXE, BMP, LOG, and COM files in the Windows and system directories. Because of this, once infected, the computer cannot boot into Windows.

How to detect virus

This virus is spread through e-mail with the following:

Subject: FW: Naked Wife
Attachment: NakedWife.EXE

Because of the above payload if the file is run you will no longer be able to boot into Windows.

Method of removal

Ensure that the latest virus scanner is installed on the computer. Remove the file NakedWife.EXE from your computer and e-mail to prevent the file from running in the future.