Sophos

W32/Looked-ED

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 April 2008 (4.28)
Protection available since 18 February 2008 02:13:02 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

W32/Looked-ED is a prepending virus and network worm for the Windows platform.

W32/Looked-ED spreads by infecting Windows executable files on the local computer and on shared network drives.

W32/Looked-ED is a prepending virus and network worm for the Windows platform.

W32/Looked-ED spreads by infecting Windows executable files on the local computer and on shared network drives.

W32/Looked-ED includes functionality to access the internet and communicate with a remote server via HTTP.

When first run W32/Looked-ED copies itself to:

<Windows>\uninstall\rundl132.exe

and creates the following file:

<Windows>\RichDll.dll - also detected as W32/Looked-ED.

The following registry entry is created to run W32/Looked-ED on startup:

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

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