W32/Pardona-B

Category: Viruses and Spyware Protection available since:21 Nov 2006 00:00:00 (GMT)
Type: Win32 executable file virus Last Updated:21 Nov 2006 00:00:00 (GMT)
Prevalence: Small Number of Reports

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W32/Pardona-B is a virus for the Windows platform.

The virus attempts to infect EXE files, and to modify HTM and ASP files so that they silently download from a remote webiste.

W32/Pardona-B may spread to other network computers and may also spread via email.

W32/Pardona-B also includes functionality to download, install and run new software. W32/Pardona-B is a virus for the Windows platform.

The virus attempts to infect EXE files, and to modify HTM and ASP files so that they silently download from a remote webiste.

W32/Pardona-B may spread to other network computers and may also spread via email.

W32/Pardona-B also includes functionality to download, install and run new software.

When first run W32/Pardona-B copies itself to <Windows system folder>\ePower.exe and to several files of the form

<Temp>\<random letters>

Each of these files is either identical to, or slight variants of, the original file. All will be detected as W32/Pardona-B.

The virus also creates the file C:\WINDOWS\System32\<random letters>.sys

This SYS file is registered as a new system driver service named "SysDrver", with a display name of "System SSDP Services".
Registry entries are created under:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SysDrver\

The SYS file, which is detected as Troj/Pardot-A, uses stealth functionality to hide processes creates by W32/Pardona-B.

The virus attempts to download and execute files to the following location:

C:\tool<number>.exe

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