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Net-Worm:W32/Lovsan.B

Classification

Category:

Malware

Type:

Net-worm

Aliases:

  • Net-Worm:W32/Lovsan.B

Summary

The new B variant of Net-Worm:W32/Lovsan was found on August 13th 2003.

Removal

Technical Details

A dropper available on a web page drops two files in Windows System folder and adds them to the Windows registry:

  • HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\

The first file called Root32.exe is a backdoor and the second one called teekids.exe is the actual worm.

This new variant is functional identical to the previous Lovsan, only the text and the file name have been changed.

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