The virus cleaner can be downloaded for free from his personal website at http://www.tariq.net. The virus arrives in an e-mail box with an attached file under different subject heading with an (unknown) varied executable email attachment (file) causing it difficult to identify. Once the file (virus) is executed, it alters the system and changes some of the critical system configuration file causing the system not to function properly, in addition, disables the anti-virus cleaner (if not updated) from detecting future viruses. The virus then uses its own SMTP engine to email itself to all contacts in the windows address book, the MSN Messenger, the .NET Messenger, the Yahoo Pager, and all files whose extensions contains the letters