The VBS/Stages worm has been reported in the wild frequently since the beginning of June 2000. It is now getting some attention. However, FSAV users should not worry, as the worm is detected since quite a few weeks already, even if you have not yet updated to FSAV 4.08

See the information on F-Secure Corporation Website for additional information.

Here is how the worm would be recognized on your systems.

Scanned at: 19/06/2000 21:32 Virus Alert!
Scanned by: at pierre
F-Secure Anti-Virus for Windows version 4.07

Scan engines used:
F-PROT version 3.06.1323 (signatures database date 2000-05-31)
AVP version 3.00.132 (signatures database date 2000-05-31)

Search: Directory C:\temp\
Action: Disinfect
Targets: File viruses
Files: All

Results of virus scanning:
Scanned: 1 drive(s), 30 file(s)

Time: 0 min 03 sec
Found: 2 infection(s), 0 suspected infection(s) in 2 file(s)
Disinfected 0 file(s)

c:\temp\life_stages.txt.shs\c:\life_s~1.shs\life_s~1.vbs
Infection: 'I-Worm.Scrapworm' [AVP]

c:\temp\life_stages.txt.shs
Infection: 'I-Worm.Scrapworm' [AVP]