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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Characteristics |
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| Protection available since | 1 November 2007 15:30:09 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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W32/Pahati-A is a worm for the Windows platform.
When first run W32/Pahati-A copies itself to:
<Root>\<original file name>.doc .exe
<Program Files>\Microsoft Office\winword.exe
<Root>\System Volume Information\word32.exe
and creates the file <Temp>\~dfaf02.tmp.
The following registry entry is created to run word32.exe on startup:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
(Default)
<Root>\System Volume Information\WORD32.EXE
The following registry entry is changed to run winword.exe on startup:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Shell
explorer.exe, <Program Files>\Microsoft Office\WINWORD.EXE
Registry entries are set as follows:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
ClassicViewState
1
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
HideFileExt
1
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