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W32/Badgrad-B

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Protection available since 11 November 2005 14:51:04 (GMT)
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More Information

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

When W32/Badgrad-B is installed the worm copies itself to the following location:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Menu Start\Programma's\Opstarten\badgers_s.exe

The following files may be created:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Menu Start\Programma's\Opstarten\badgers.exe
<Temp>\MMBPlayer\badgers.exe
<Temp>\MMBPlayer\bat.bat

The files called badgers.exe are media files. The file bat.bat is a batch script used by the worm to spread. The script copies all files from the following location:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Menu Start\Programma's\Opstarten\

into the following location:

%USERPROFILE%\Menu Start\Programma's\Opstarten\

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