W32/Glupzy-B

Category: Viruses and Spyware
Type: Win32 worm
Prevalence: No Reports

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W32/Glupzy-B is a worm for the Windows platform.

When first run W32/Glupzy-B copies itself to:

<Startup>\systemID.pif
<System>\Flashy.exe

The following registry entry is created to run Flashy.exe on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Flashy Bot
<System>\Flashy.exe

Registry entries are set as follows:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
NoFolderOptions
2

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
Hidden
2

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
HideFileExt
2

W32/Glupzy-B copies itself to available removable drives and ramdisks, using the names of existing files with the extension changed to EXE.

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