F-Secure Virus Descriptions : PDF Worm

NAME:	PDF Worm
ALIAS:	Peachy, Adobe Acrobat Worm

This is the first worm to use Adobe Acrobat PDF format as a platform. However, it only works under the full 'developer' version of Acrobat. The common Acrobat Reader program is not affected by this worm.

The worm operates as a VBS script embedded within a PDF file. The worm show a simple 'peach' game on screen, with a large collase picture of peoples behinds and this text:

  You have one minute to find the peach!

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  Double click the icon
  to show the solution

  Note: Full version (not Acrobat
  Reader) is needed to show the solution

When the user doubleclicks on the icon shown, the worm collects e-mail addresses from Microsoft Outlook and sends itself further via e-mail.

At the moment, this worm is not a real-world threat.

[F-Secure Corporation, 9th of August 2001]