Win32/Magistr virus

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Win32/Magistr virus.

Information about the Win32/Magistr virus:

This virus is found under 32-bit environment (Windows 95, Windows98, Windows NT based systems). This virus also possess worm characteristics. This virus spreads through email or file. Infected mail contains following text string:

ARF! ARF! I GOT YOU! v1rus: Judges Disemboweler. by The Judges Disemboweler written in Malmo (Sweden)

It can also be combination of these words:

sentences you

sentences him to

sentence you to

ordered to prison

convict

judge

circuit judge

trial judge

found guilty

find him guilty

affirmed

judgment of conviction

verdict

guilty plea

trial court

trial chamber

sufficiency of proof

sufficiency of the evidence

proceedings

against the accused

habeas corpus

jugement

Infected attachment name will be a random name.

Opening the infected attachment, virus will become memory resident. It infects Windows PE files. Later on it tries to send mails using its own SMTP engine. It picks up email addresses from Outlook Express, MS Outlook and Netscape Navigator addressbook and sends the infected mails.

It modifies registry and the file WIN.INI to load itself during next start up. The file WIN.INI will be modified at RUN= and the Registry will be modified at the following location:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Win32/Magistr virus first appeared in March 2001.

Other names of Win32/Magistr:

This virus is also known as W32.Magistr.24876, MAGISTR.A, TROJ_ARF_JUDGE.A, ARF_JUDGE.

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