W32/Lerpa-A

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

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W32/Lerpa-A is a worm for the Windows platform.

W32/Lerpa-A is sent as an email attachment, where the email has the following characteristics:

Subject line:

Orkut =)
Invite Orkut
Community Orkut
Download Orkut.exe
Orkut.com
Myself Orkut.com
You invite for Orkut
My Fotolog
My album fotolog
Fotolog.com
Create Fotolog GOLLLDD
Free Fotolog Gold
My Blog
My confisions Blog
V Blog
PowerCam
Flogao
Fotolog
Orkut!!!!!

Attached file:

zipped.rar.pif

When first run W32/Lerpa-A copies itself to any of the following folders:

C:\
C:\Windows
C:\Windows\Config
C:\Windows\System
C:\Windows\Temp
C:\WinNT
C:\WinNT\Config
C:\WinNT\System
C:\WinNT\Temp

W32/Lerpa-A copies itself with one of the following names:

common.com
common.exe
common.pif
common.scr
ini_file__.pif
load_me__.tmp
msfile.pif
Sexo.exe
Sexo.jpg.pif
system_load_.pif
zipped.rar.pif

W32/Lerpa-A creates the file C:\WinXp.html and sets this as the Desktop background.

Registry entries are created to execute some of the copies of W32/Lerpa-A when a user logs on:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
<Name>
<Path to worm>

Where <Name> is one of the following:

Service Pack
Update for Windows
Winzip

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