Sophos

W32/Puress-B

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
How it spreads
  • Removable storage devices
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 27 June 2008 23:36:27 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

W32/Puress-B copies itself to <Windows>\system\svchost.exe and <Windows>\system\dumprep.exe.

W32/Puress-B drops the file autorun.inf which is detected as Mal/AutoInf-A.

W32/Puress-B creates the registry values

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
PHIME2002A
<Windows>\System\svchost.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
PHIME2002ASync
<Windows>\System\dumprep.exe

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