W32/Looked-EC

Category: Viruses and Spyware
Type: Win32 executable file virus
Prevalence: No Reports

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W32/Looked-EC is a virus and network worm for the Windows platform.

The virus infects EXE files found on the infected computer and attempts to spread to remote network shares with weak passwords.

W32/Looked-EC is a virus and network worm for the Windows platform.

The virus infects EXE files found on the infected computer and attempts to spread to remote network shares with weak passwords.

When first run the virus creates the following files:

<Windows>\rundl132.exe

and creates a file <Windows>\RichDll.dll, also detected as W32/Looked-EC. This file attempts to download further executable code.

Many files with the name "_desktop.ini" are created, in various folders on the infected computer. These files are harmless text files.

The following registry entry is created to run rundl132.exe on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
load
<Windows>\uninstall\rundl132.exe

Registry entries are created under:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Soft\DownloadWWW\

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