W32/VB.X - Malware

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Virus:	W32/VB.X
Date discovered:	29/11/2005
Type:	Trojan
In the wild:	Yes
Reported Infections:	Low
Distribution Potential:	Low
Damage Potential:	Medium to high
Static file:	Yes
File size:	9.216 Bytes
MD5 checksum:	F02918ADF579BD97BF9BB31BF817D638
VDF version:	6.32.00.225 - Fri, 25 Nov 2005 13:52 (GMT+1)

General Method of propagation:
   • No own spreading routine

Aliases:
   • Mcafee: W32/Pardis.cmp
   • Kaspersky: Virus.Win32.VB.x
   • TrendMicro: PE_PARDIS.A
   • Bitdefender: Win32.VB.X@mm

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

Right after execution the following information is displayed:

Files It overwrites the following files.
– %malware execution directory%\*.exe

With the following contents:
   • %executed file%

– %system drive root%\*.exe

With the following contents:
   • %executed file%

– %WINDIR%\*.exe

With the following contents:
   • %executed file%

– %SYSDIR%\*.exe

With the following contents:
   • %executed file%

It renames the following files:

    • %malware execution directory%\*.exe into %malware execution directory%\*.vxd
    • %system drive root%\*.exe into %system drive root%\*.vxd
    • %WINDIR%\*.exe into %WINDIR%\*.vxd
    • %SYSDIR%\*.exe into %SYSDIR%\*.vxd

File details Programming language:
The malware program was written in Visual Basic.

Runtime packer:
In order to aggravate detection and reduce size of the file it is packed with the following runtime packer:
• UPX

See a brief description here.

Description inserted by Andrei Gherman on Tue, 29 Nov 2005 18:05 (GMT+1)
Description updated by Andrei Gherman on Fri, 09 Dec 2005 15:29 (GMT+1)

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