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7/30: Tompai-A Has Backdoor Functionality July 30, 2004
W32/Tompai-A is a virus with backdoor functionality for the Windows platform.
The virus creates three copies of itself in the windows system folder. One copy is named mainsv.exe the others are randomly chosen from the following pairs of names:
loadms.exe & loadmsnt.exe cmpku.exe & cmpkunt.exe netcompt.exe & netcomptnt.exe ptsnopt.exe & ptsnoptnt.exe ntdllf.exe & ntdllfnt.exe
The virus also infects exe files on the local hard disk and creates copies of itself with the following names:
the_matrix.scr mario_2.pif matrix_desktop.pif mp3_convert.pif Zsnes_win.pif VRMLpad_crack.pif matrix3Dsetup.pif Dx_ball2_Setup.pif Crack_tools.exe
More information is at Sophos page.
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