Worm/Arequipa.B - Worm

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Virus:	Worm/Arequipa.B
Date discovered:	17/01/2006
Type:	Worm
In the wild:	No
Reported Infections:	Low
Distribution Potential:	Low
Damage Potential:	Low to medium
Static file:	Yes
File size:	57.344 Bytes
MD5 checksum:	dabd4e43f985335974c26d46469d2ea4
VDF version:	6.33.00.128 - Tue, 17 Jan 2006 06:22 (GMT+1)

General Aliases:
   • Kaspersky: Worm.Win32.Arequipa.b
   • TrendMicro: WORM_AREQ.A
   • Sophos: W32/Arequip-B
   • VirusBuster: virus Worm.Arequipa.A
   • Bitdefender: Worm.Arequipa.B

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

Side effects:
   • Drops files
   • Registry modification

Files It copies itself to the following locations:
   • C:\My documents\FOTOS.EXE
   • C:\ARCHIVOS DE PROGRAMA\FOTOS.EXE
   • %PROGRAM FILES%\FOTOS.EXE
   • C:\mis documentos\FOTOS.EXE
   • %WINDIR%\mmtask.exe
   • A:\FOTOS.EXE

Registry – HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
• "mmtask"="%WINDIR%\mmtask.exe"

The following registry key is added:

– HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
• "Counter"=1

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 a runtime packer.

See a brief description here.

Description inserted by Bogdan Iliuta on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 09:31 (GMT+1)
Description updated by Andrei Ivanes on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 14:17 (GMT+1)

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