Virus Profile: W32/IRCbot.gen.z!5e7b3aa525fa

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Virus Profile information details
Risk Assessment: Home Low | Corporate Low
Date Discovered: 5/21/2009
Date Added: 5/21/2009
Origin: Unknown
Length: 2592656
Type: Virus
Subtype: mIRC client
DAT Required: 5622
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Description

This is a virus detection. Viruses are programs that self-replicate recursively, meaning that infected systems spread the virus to other systems, which then further propagate the virus. Although many viruses contain a destructive payload, it's quite common for viruses to do nothing more than spread from one system to another.

Indication of Infection

This symptoms of this detection are the files, registry, and network communication referenced in the characteristics section.

Methods of Infection

Viruses are self-replicating. They are often spread by a network or by transmission to a removable medium such as a removable disk, writable CD, or USB drive. Viruses may also spread by infecting files on a network file system or a file system that is shared by another computer.

   

Virus Characteristics

File PropertyProperty Value
FileNamespotify.exe
McAfee ArtemisArtemis!5e7b3aa525fa
McAfee DetectionW32/IRCbot.gen.z
Length2,592,656 bytes
CRC6A5781CD
MD55E7B3AA525FAF3F74E486E7FCB080A88
SHA12DFD88E43DDAC37E455BFBC9BB4C63E5B89010B5

Other Common Detection Aliases

Company NameDetection Name
F-Prot~W32/Heuristic-210!Eldorado
risingPacker.Win32.UnkPacker.b [Suspicious]

Avert® Labs has observed the following system activities:

ActivityRisk Level
Enumerates running processes
Medium

This sample can be identified by the following symptoms.

System Changes

These are general defaults for typical path variables. (Although they may differ, these examples are common.):
%WinDir% = \WINDOWS (Windows 9x/ME/XP/Vista), \WINNT (Windows NT/2000)
%SystemDir% = \WINDOWS\SYSTEM (Windows 98/ME), \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32 (Windows XP/Vista), \WINNT\SYSTEM32 (Windows NT/2000)
%ProgramFiles% = \Program Files

The following files were analyzed:

  • %USERPROFILE%\local settings\temp\spotify.exe

    • The following files have been added to the system:

  • %USERPROFILE%\application data\spotify
  • %USERPROFILE%\local settings\application data\spotify
  • %USERPROFILE%\local settings\application data\spotify\storage
  • %USERPROFILE%\local settings\application data\spotify\storage\index.dat

    • The following registry elements have been created:

  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\spotify\shell\open\ddeexec\
    • (default) = %1
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\spotify\shell\open\ddeexec\application\
    • (default) = spotify
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\spotify\shell\open\ddeexec\ifexec\
    • (default) = %1
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\spotify\shell\open\ddeexec\topic\
    • (default) = openlink

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    AVERT recommends to always use latest DATs and engine. This threat will be cleaned if you have this combination.

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