Fiala is a relatively low risk worm affecting all versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system.
This worm spreads in the usual way by copying itself to removable drives, network drives etc on infected computers. The worm also has the ability to download files to the infected computer and install further harmful malware.
The worm will copy itself to drives as the file “jp.pif”, “jq.pif” or “jr.pif”. It will also copy various other files to the infected system including trojans. The worm will then create various registry entries to alter security settings and run programs on startup.
Because this worm can download other harmful malware to the system, there is increased risk of data loss and data theft.
