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W32/Looked-DR

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
How it spreads
  • Network shares
  • Infected files
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Drops more malware
Protection available since 1 August 2007 06:25:27 (GMT)
Last updated 7 August 2007 18:40:51 (GMT)
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More Information

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

W32/Looked-DR infects files found on the local computer. W32/Looked-DR also copies itself to remote network shares and may infect files found on those shares.

W32/Looked-DR includes functionality to access the internet and communicate with a remote server via HTTP. W32/Looked-DR may attempt to download and execute additional files from a remote location.

 When W32/Looked-DR is installed the following files are created:

<Windows>\Logo1_.exe
<Windows>\uninstall\rundl132.exe

The files Logo1_.exe and rundl132.exe are detected as Mal/Behav-085.

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

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

Sophos's anti-virus products include Behavioral Genotype® Protection, which can proactively guard against new threats without requiring an update. Sophos customers have been protected against W32/Looked-DR (detected as Mal/Behav-085) since version 4.14.

W32/Looked-DR may also create many files with the name "_desktop.ini" in various folders on the infected computer. These files are harmless text files and can be deleted.

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