W32/Perlovga.A.1 - Malware

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Virus:	W32/Perlovga.A.1
Date discovered:	11/09/2008
Type:	Trojan
In the wild:	No
Reported Infections:	Low
Distribution Potential:	Low
Damage Potential:	Low
Static file:	Yes
File size:	1.211 Bytes
MD5 checksum:	f7bd87b88e591e4ac9b3553852740984
VDF version:	6.34.01.181 - Sat, 03 Jun 2006 12:08 (GMT+1)
IVDF version:	6.34.01.187 - Tue, 06 Jun 2006 06:54 (GMT+1)

General Method of propagation:
   • No own spreading routine

Aliases:
   • Mcafee: W32/Perlovga
   • Eset: Win32/Perlovga.A
   • Bitdefender: Backdoor.Hupigon.ADI

Platforms / OS:
   • Windows 95
   • Windows 98
   • Windows 98 SE
   • Windows NT
   • Windows ME
   • Windows 2000
   • Windows XP
   • Windows 2003

Files It copies itself to the following location:
   • %WINDIR%\xcopy.exe

It copies the following files:
    • C:\host.exe into %WINDIR%\svchost.exe
    • C:\autorun.inf into %WINDIR%\autorun.inf

It tries to executes the following file:

– Filename:
   • %WINDIR%\svchost.exe

File details Programming language:
The malware program was written in MS Visual C++.

Runtime packer:
In order to aggravate detection and reduce size of the file it is packed with a runtime packer.

See a brief description here.

Description inserted by Monica Ghitun on Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:56 (GMT+1)
Description updated by Andrei Ivanes on Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:58 (GMT+1)

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