Sophos

W32/VirtInf-A

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
How it spreads
  • Infected files
Affected operating systems Windows
Included in our products from July 2008 (4.31)
Protection available since 27 December 2007 04:53:52 (GMT)
Last updated 11 May 2008 13:13:11 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

W32/VirtInf-A is a virus for the Windows platform.

When run W32/VirtInf-A creates a DLL in the system folder using a random name. The DLL file is detected as W32/VirtInf-A.

W32/VirtInf-A also creates a file in the current folder with the same name as the infected file except for an extra space character at the end of the name. For example, if the viral file is named 'test.exe' the dropped file is named 'test .exe'. The dropped file is a copy of the original, uninfected file.

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