Worm/VB.aki.2 - Worm

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Summary

Virus:	Worm/VB.aki.2
Date discovered:	02/04/2009
Type:	Worm
In the wild:	Yes
Reported Infections:	Low to medium
Distribution Potential:	Low to medium
Damage Potential:	High
Static file:	Yes
File size:	130.560 Bytes
MD5 checksum:	344774e20fe14520c282e8531c47a64c
IVDF version:	7.01.03.04

General Method of propagation:
• Autorun feature

Aliases:
   • Mcafee: W32/Autorun.worm.gen virus
   • Sophos: W32/Autorun-APK
   • Panda: W32/VB.AER.worm
   • Eset: Win32/VB.NQP
   • Bitdefender: Worm.Generic.47242

Platforms / OS:
   • Windows 2000
   • Windows XP
   • Windows 2003

Side effects:
   • Drops files
   • Drops malicious files
   • Registry modification

   Creates thousands of files in subdirectories until there is no more space on harddisk.
   The size of the files ranges from ~20kB - ~200kB.
   Uses random generated names with an extension from the following list:
    sys
    com
    ini
    bin
    inf
    dll
    ocx
    dat
    bas
    cat
    res
    cfg
    mp3
    doc
    txt
    hlp
    ax
    dot

For more details see full description here .

Inserted by Petre Galan on Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:40 (GMT+1)
Updated by Petre Galan on Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:58 (GMT+1)

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