Virut

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Virut
Alias
Group	Downloading
Parent
Sibling
Family
Relations	Variants: Sibling of: Parent of: Distribution of: Campaigns:
Target	Unknown
Origin
Distribution vector
UserAgent	Unknown
CCProtocol	IRC (Centralized)
Activity	Unknown / Unknown
Status	Unknown
Language
Programming language
Operation/Working group

Features

• File download

• Pay-per-install

Publications

	Author	Editor	Year
Bot herders build newer versions of previous botnet Waledac		SPAMfighter	2013
Large-scale analysis of malware downloaders	Christian Rossow Christian Dietrich Herbert Bosz	DIMVA	2012
Maazben: best of both worlds	Rodel Mendrez	M86 Security labs	2009
NASK shuts down dangerous Virut botnet domains		CERT Polska	2013
On botnets that use DNS for command and control	Felix C. Freiling Christian J. Dietrich Christian Rossow Herbert Bos Maarten van Steen Norbert Pohlmann	Institute for Internet Security University of Applied Sciences Gelsenkirchen Gelsenkirchen, Germany	2011
Takeover of Virut domains		CERT Polska	2013
The where and why of Hlux	Sergey Golovanov	Kaspersky lab	2012
Virut malware fuels Waledac botnet resurgence	Danielle Walker	Haymarket Media, Inc	2013
Waledac gets cozy with Virut	Denis Carmody	Symantec	2013