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Worm.Bropia

Posted: May 30, 2007

Threat Metric

Ranking: 16,592
Threat Level: 9/10
Infected PCs: 162
First Seen: July 24, 2009
Last Seen: August 29, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Worm.Bropia is a malicious worm parasite that distributes itself through MSN Messenger application. Once installed, Worm.Bropia will deliver notifications to all of your Messenger clients with a copy of itself as the payload. Worm.Bropia will also adjust itself to load run at Windows launch. Worm.Bropia will turn off regedit.exe, mstask.exe, and msconfig.exe for a purpose to stop its removal. Worm.Bropia will also import and show animations from predefined website addresses.

Technical Details

File System Modifications

Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read the tutorials on how to find malware, kill unwanted processes, remove malicious DLLs and delete other harmful files. Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.

The following files were created in the system:



malware.exe File name: malware.exe
Size: 153.08 KB (153088 bytes)
MD5: d4ce92fc03ba09c5e8c1071d73078b71
Detection count: 74
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
winis.exe File name: winis.exe
Size: 107 KB (107008 bytes)
MD5: e88450528eab54a2ad22d0690d35483c
Detection count: 73
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
msnadm32.exe File name: msnadm32.exe
Size: 176.12 KB (176128 bytes)
MD5: ea6dfec6c3900ab422875119972d9c62
Detection count: 71
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
malware.exe File name: malware.exe
Size: 164.86 KB (164864 bytes)
MD5: e43f7b7e202ab30f6744f6a13f9ce325
Detection count: 66
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 8, 2022
malware.exe File name: malware.exe
Size: 219.13 KB (219136 bytes)
MD5: d7bee921acafa2b3b4a47b293d459195
Detection count: 61
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
msnmsr.exe File name: msnmsr.exe
Size: 267.26 KB (267264 bytes)
MD5: 4e57e495c6106c2363a16ce92b262115
Detection count: 5
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 20, 2022

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

Run keysAntiIsass.exe
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