RAVE.945

October 09, 2012

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 Analysis by: kathleenno

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 ALIASES:

Virus.DOS.Rave.945 (Kaspersky); Univ/r (Mcafee); Mal/Generic-B (Sophos); Fire.945 (Panda)

 PLATFORM:

Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003

 OVERALL RISK RATING:

 DAMAGE POTENTIAL:

 DISTRIBUTION POTENTIAL:

 REPORTED INFECTION:

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

  OVERVIEW

This file infector arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

It infects by appending its code to target host files.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

949 bytes

File Type:

DOS

Memory Resident:

No

Initial Samples Received Date:

24 Dec 2001

Arrival Details

This file infector arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

File Infection

This file infector infects the following file types:

• DOS COM
• DOS EXE

It infects by appending its code to target host files.