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Reatle

Posted: March 28, 2006

Reatle, also known as Lebreat, is a dangerous multifunctional Internet worm that distributes itself by e-mail in messages with infected attachments. It scans the computer for e-mail addresses and uses own mail engine to spread. The spyware also can spread by exploiting other PCs running Windows with unpatched security flaws. Reatle runs on every computer startup and secretly works in background. It turns off Windows Firewall, disables essential Windows security features and computer utilities, runs hidden FTP server. Reatle downloads and installs another dangerous Internet worm called Rants, attempts to attack the official web site of well-known security company.

File System Modifications

  • The following files were created in the system:
    # File Name
    1 ccapp.exe
    2 windows.exe

Registry Modifications

  • The following newly produced Registry Values are:
    HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRunSymantec=C:WINNTSystem32ccapp.exeHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRunwin=C:WINNTSystem32windows.exeHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsNTCurrentVersionWindowsSymantec=C:WINNTSystem32ccapp.exeHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsNTCurrentVersionWindowswin=C:WINNTSystem32windows.exe

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