Analysis by: Joseph Obed
ALIASES:

Virus:BAT/Lame.A (Mircrosoft), Bat.Lame (Symantec)

 PLATFORM:

Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003

 OVERALL RISK RATING:
 DAMAGE POTENTIAL:
 DISTRIBUTION POTENTIAL:
 REPORTED INFECTION:

  • Threat Type: Trojan

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

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

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size: 772 bytes
File Type: BAT
Initial Samples Received Date: 11 Dec 2001

Arrival Details

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

NOTES:

It requires other components to execute properly.

If the malware's component files are present in the system, it is capable of infecting files with the following extension:

  • *.ans
  • *.asc
  • *.bat
  • *.txt