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Sunday, 16 January 2011

BRONTOK


Brontok or W32/Brontok (better known as Rontokbro) is a computer virus that began spreading in late 2005. The name is taken from the Eagle brontok (Spizaetus cirrhatus) which is widespread in Asia..

Behavior

This virus presents itself with striking. Characteristic of this virus can be seen from the complexity of how it works. He locked the registry editor Microsoft Registry Editor (regedit.exe or Regedt32.exe) and msconfig.exe utility infected computer. Furthermore, he manipulated the antivirus in his time with Cyclic Redundancy Check 32-bit (CRC32), fingerprints or signatures of more than one. The virus is disguised behind the Windows Explorer folder-shaped icon that she made, although actually still in the form of application.

The uniqueness of this virus is out messages to the infected computer. In some variants, the message coming out is 'five moral message', addressed to a dilapidated Indonesian society. Since variants Brontok.Mybro, message out through the DOS or Command Prompt containing insults to the virus and Nobron RomanticDevil.

Variants

Brontok is known to have several variants, among others W32/Brontok-AJ, W32/Brontok-L, W32/Brontok-W, W32/Brontok-D, W32/Brontok-S, and W32/Brontok.Mybro. The virus is created with Visual Basic 6.0 and some variants are also made with Microsoft Visual C + +.

As of October 2006 noted Brontok variants have 60 more.
 

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