PE_GEMI.A

October 08, 2012

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 ALIASES:

W32.Chiton.gen(Symantec), W32/Chiton-E(Sophos), Virus.Win32.Chiton.b(Kaspersky), W32/Chiton.BD(Avira), W32/Chiton.2065(F-Prot), W32/Chiton.e(McAfee)

 PLATFORM:

Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003

 OVERALL RISK RATING:

 DAMAGE POTENTIAL:

 DISTRIBUTION POTENTIAL:

 REPORTED INFECTION:

 SYSTEM IMPACT RATING:

• 
  Threat Type: File infector
• 
  Destructiveness: No
• 
  Encrypted: No
• 
  In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

This file infector infects by appending its code to target host files.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

2,065 bytes

File Type:

PE

Memory Resident:

Yes

Initial Samples Received Date:

20 Mar 2002

Installation

This file infector drops the following files:

• %Windows%\gemini.exe - detected as PE_GEMI.A

(Note: %Windows% is the Windows folder, which is usually C:\Windows or C:\WINNT.)

File Infection

This file infector infects the following file types:

• EXE
• DLL

It infects by appending its code to target host files.