Sophos

W32/Looked-EH

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
How it spreads
  • Network shares
  • Infected files
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from August 2008 (4.32)
Protection available since 13 June 2008 14:25:02 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

W32/Looked-EH infects .exe files on the computer. Additionally, W32/Looked-EH attempts to infect files on network shares.

When W32/Looked-EH is installed the following files are created:
<Windows>\uninstall\rundl123.exe

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

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

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