TR/Pipas.A - Trojan

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Virus:	TR/Pipas.A
Date discovered:	08/11/2005
Type:	Trojan
In the wild:	No
Reported Infections:	Low
Distribution Potential:	Low
Damage Potential:	Low
Static file:	Yes
File size:	42.496 Bytes
MD5 checksum:	e10b32078e75f31653a1632d064533d1
VDF version:	6.32.00.119 - Thu, 27 Oct 2005 09:28 (GMT+1)

General Method of propagation:
   • No own spreading routine

Aliases:
   • Kaspersky: Trojan.Win32.Agent.fe
   • Bitdefender: Trojan.Agent.FE

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

Side effects:
   • Registry modification

Files It copies itself to the following location:
• %SYSDIR%\d%four-digit random character string%.exe

It deletes the initially executed copy of itself.

Registry The following registry key is added in order to run the process after reboot:

– [HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
   • "d%four-digit random character string%.exe"="%sysdir%\d%four-digit random character string%"

The following registry key including all values and subkeys is removed:
   • [HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ruins\llams_ogol]

The following registry keys are added:

– [HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ruins]
   • "%five-digit random character string%"=hex:%hex values%

– [HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\
   BrowseNewProcess]
   • "BrowseNewProcess"="yes"

Rootkit Technology It is a malware-specific technology. The malware hides its presence from system utilities, security applications and in the end, from the user.

Hides the following:
– Its own process

File details 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 Iulia Diaconescu on Tue, 08 Nov 2005 17:53 (GMT+1)
Description updated by Iulia Diaconescu on Fri, 25 Nov 2005 17:04 (GMT+1)

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