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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Included in our products from | June 2008 (4.30) |
| Protection available since | 31 August 2006 05:53:18 (GMT) |
| Last updated | 26 April 2008 20:30:06 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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Please follow the instructions for disinfecting PE executables.
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W32/Looked-L is a virus for the Windows platform.
The virus includes functionalities to
- access the internet and communicate with a remote server via HTTP
- silently download, install and run new software
- terminate processes related to AV
When first run W32/Looked-L copies itself to <Windows>\rundl132.exe and <Windows>\logo1_.exe and creates the file viDll.dll in the current folder. This file is also detected as W32/Looked-L.
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 is created in order to run the virus on startup:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows
load
<Windows>\rundl132.exe
W32/Looked-L terminates processes with the following process names:
EGHOST.EXE
IPARMOR.EXE
KAVPFW.EXE
MAILMON.EXE
mcshield.exe
RavMon.exe
Ravmond.EXE
regsvc.exe
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