Worm/Licat.I.5 - Worm

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Virus:	Worm/Licat.I.5
Date discovered:	10/12/2006
Type:	Worm
In the wild:	No
Reported Infections:	Low
Distribution Potential:	Low to medium
Damage Potential:	Low to medium
Static file:	Yes
File size:	77.824 Bytes
MD5 checksum:	bd1e990d184af45c5cf1241245407bb2
VDF version:	6.36.01.145 - Thu, 07 Dec 2006 13:01 (GMT+1)
IVDF version:	6.36.01.153 - Sun, 10 Dec 2006 16:58 (GMT+1)

General Method of propagation:
   • Messenger

Aliases:
   • Kaspersky: IM-Worm.Win32.Licat.i
   • F-Secure: IM-Worm.Win32.Licat.i
   • Sophos: W32/Blowhen-B
   • Grisoft: Worm/Licat.A
   • Bitdefender: Worm.IM.Licat.I

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

Messenger It is spreading via Messenger. The characteristics are described below:

– MSN Messenger

To:
All online contacts in the contact list.

Message

• check :P %link%

%link%
While the wildcard is the following:
• http://75.126.60.124/dailymod/photo.php?.com/**********

At the time of analysis the file was not online anymore.

The received message may look like the following:

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 Adriana Popa on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 10:18 (GMT+1)
Description updated by Adriana Popa on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 14:21 (GMT+1)

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