Eliles is an Internet worm that spreads by e-mail and through instant messages. Once executed, the parasite secretly installs itself to the system and runs a spreading routine. It sends malicious e-mails to addresses it gathers from the compromised computer. It also sends out numerous messages to victim’s buddies. Eliles carries a payload. The worm attempts to terminate running antiviruses and security-related software. The parasite runs on every Windows startup.