Details of Virus Harakit.D

All details, description and effects of Harakit.D

Panda Cloud Antivirus detects all viruses cataloged in Panda Security’s Collective Intelligence servers.

Brief Description

Harakit.D is a worm that spreads by copying itself, without infecting other files.

It uses stealth techniques to avoid being detected by the user:

It deletes the original file from which it was run once it is installed on the computer.
It modifies system permissions in order to hide itself.

Harakit.D uses the following propagation or distribution methods:

Exploiting vulnerabilities with the intervention of the user: exploiting vulnerabilities in file formats or applications. To exploit them successfully it needs the intervention of the user: opening files, viewing malicious web pages, reading emails, etc.
Computer networks (mapped drives): it creates copies of itself in mapped drives.
Computer networks (shared resources): it creates copies of itself in shared network resources to which it has access.
File infection: it infects different types of files, which are then distributed through any of the usual means: floppy disks, email messages with attachments, Internet download, files transferred via FTP, IRC channels, P2P file sharing networks, etc.

EFFECTS

The main objective of Harakit.D is to spread and affect other computers.

It avoids being detected by the user by using the following techniques:

It deletes the original file from which it was run once it is installed on the computer.
It modifies system permissions in order to hide itself.