W32.HLLW.Lovgate.D@mm is a variant of
W32.HLLW.Lovgate@mm. This mass-mailing worm attempts to email itself to all the email addresses that it finds in the files with file extensions beginning with "ht" (for example, .htm and .hta).
The subject and attachment of the incoming email are chosen from a predetermined list. The worm also has a Backdoor Trojan capability. By default, the Trojan component listens on TCP ports 10168 and 20168.
W32.HLLW.Lovgate.D@mmworm can also spread across the network shares. If the infected computer runs Windows NT, 2000, or XP, the worm attempts to disguise itself as the normal Windows process, Lsass.exe.
This threat is written in the Microsoft C++ programming language and is compressed with ASPack.
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