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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
| Protection available since | 7 September 2006 20:16:13 (GMT) |
| Last updated | 8 January 2009 06:40:03 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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W32/Looked-Gen is a family of viruses for the Windows platform.
W32/Looked-Gen may copy itself to <Windows>\rundl132.exe and create a file <Windows>\vDll.dll.
The virus infects EXE files found on the infected computer. The virus also attempts to copy itself to remote network shares.
Many files with the name "_desktop.ini" are created, in various folders on the infected computer. These files are harmless text files.
The following registry entry may be created in order to run the virus on startup:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows
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<Windows>\rundl132.exe
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