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Pahooka.A | |
Threat Level Damage Distribution |
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| Common name: | Pahooka.A |
| Technical name: | W32/Pahooka.A.worm |
| Threat level: | Medium |
| Type: | Worm |
| Effects: | It prevents several security programs from being run, disables applications such as the Task Manager and the Windows Registry Editor and downloads malware from a website. It spreads via mapped drives. |
| Affected platforms:
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Windows 2003/XP/2000/NT/ME/98/95 |
| First detected on: | July 15, 2007 |
| Detection updated on: | July 15, 2007 |
| Statistics | No |
Proactive protection: | Yes, using TruPrevent Technologies
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Brief Description | |
Pahooka.A is a worm that prevents several security programs from being run, leaving the computer vulnerable against possible threats. Additionally, it disables the following functions, among others:
- Find and Run from the Start menu.
- Task Manager.
- Windows Registry Editor. On the other hand, it connects to a website in order to download malware and it hides the file extensions, in order to go unnoticed. Pahooka.A spreads via mapped drives. |
Visible Symptoms | |
Pahooka.A is easy to recognize, as it shows the following symptoms: - When it is run, the following screen is displayed:
 - It modifies the window title of the windows opened by the user:
It changes it to the text: ^_^Anti AntiVirus^_^.
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