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W32/Bagle-KF

Aliases
  • W32/Bagle.gen@MM
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
How it spreads
  • Email attachments
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from August 2006 (4.08)
Protection available since 16 June 2006 18:38:34 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

W32/Bagle-KF is a worm for the Windows platform.

W32/Bagle-KF includes functionality to access the internet and communicate with a remote server via HTTP. W32/Bagle-KF is a worm for the Windows platform.

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

When first run W32/Bagle-KF copies itself to <Windows system folder>\hldrrr.exe. The worm will then launch notepad.exe.

The following registry entries are created to run hldrrr.exe on startup:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
hldrrr
<Windows system folder>\hldrrr.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
hldrrr
<Windows system folder>\hldrrr.exe

Registry entries are created under:

HKCU\Software\FirstRRRun\

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