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W32/Lemoor-C

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
How it spreads
  • Network shares
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 24 September 2005 14:57:39 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

W32/Lemoor-C is a worm for the Windows platform.

W32/Lemoor-C spreads by exploiting a vulnerability in the FTP server set up by the W32/Sasser family of worms.

The following registry entry is created to run W32/Lemoor-C on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
[Ephemeral 2.5] by TreeHugger,
<pathname of the worm executable>

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