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MALPEDIA_Win_Virut_Auto

autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator

MalwareVirutMalpedia signator rulesCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Compiles with YARA-X
Author
Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com
Date
2026-05-04
Modified
2026-05-18
Score / Quality
75 / 75

What this rule detects

autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator

Associated malware family: Virut.

It defines 16 patterns (0 text, 16 hex, 0 regex).

Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.

Rule source

win-virut-auto.yarCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0
rule MALPEDIA_Win_Virut_Auto : FILE
{
	meta:
		description = "autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator"
		author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
		id = "61738a64-536a-5286-9f76-81ccd0fd8299"
		date = "2026-05-04"
		modified = "2026-05-18"
		reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.virut"
		source_url = "https://github.com/malpedia/signator-rules//blob/c901f97b7df03e41917da74c2a84b04c227316c2/rules/win.virut_auto.yar#L1-L169"
		license_url = "N/A"
		logic_hash = "5af56b3e01c108da2d6f2ca230caa7d802bdb1cc7c6713fe866b9160eec88552"
		score = 75
		quality = 75
		tags = "FILE"
		version = "1"
		tool = "yara-signator v0.6.0"
		signator_config = "callsandjumps;datarefs;binvalue"
		malpedia_rule_date = "20260422"
		malpedia_hash = "a182e35da64e6d71cb55f125c4d4225196523f14"
		malpedia_version = "20260504"
		malpedia_license = "CC BY-SA 4.0"
		malpedia_sharing = "TLP:WHITE"

	strings:
		$sequence_0 = { ff15???????? 83e003 40 50 8d442428 }
		$sequence_1 = { 124a02 124a03 0b442408 80e10f c1e008 51 }
		$sequence_2 = { 50 8d8424d4000000 50 ff15???????? 6800100000 8d842474050000 }
		$sequence_3 = { 53 53 53 8d8424e8000000 50 53 89742468 }
		$sequence_4 = { 8b4c241c 53 2bc8 51 03c7 50 }
		$sequence_5 = { 2bca 8d8c0cd1010000 8a02 880411 }
		$sequence_6 = { 8b7224 59 03f3 8b521c 0fb7044e 03d3 }
		$sequence_7 = { e2f5 ebc2 83c70f 57 8bd4 53 }
		$sequence_8 = { 50 8bd4 6a00 52 51 57 }
		$sequence_9 = { 58 8d9704010000 ab 33c0 6a10 59 }
		$sequence_10 = { 52 f6d9 52 83e103 }
		$sequence_11 = { 8bf0 3bf3 0f8e82000000 ff74240c 57 }
		$sequence_12 = { ff742424 ff15???????? 3bc3 7e1a 0144240c }
		$sequence_13 = { 51 ad 03c3 81780165536572 }
		$sequence_14 = { 50 53 6a05 8bcc 50 8bd4 }
		$sequence_15 = { e8???????? 83c40c 89442418 3bc3 0f8441020000 }

	condition:
		7 of them and filesize < 98304
}

Strings (16 patterns)

IdentifierTypeValueModifiers
$sequence_0hex{ ff15???????? 83e003 40 50 8d442428 }
$sequence_1hex{ 124a02 124a03 0b442408 80e10f c1e008 51 }
$sequence_2hex{ 50 8d8424d4000000 50 ff15???????? 6800100000 8d842474050000 }
$sequence_3hex{ 53 53 53 8d8424e8000000 50 53 89742468 }
$sequence_4hex{ 8b4c241c 53 2bc8 51 03c7 50 }
$sequence_5hex{ 2bca 8d8c0cd1010000 8a02 880411 }
$sequence_6hex{ 8b7224 59 03f3 8b521c 0fb7044e 03d3 }
$sequence_7hex{ e2f5 ebc2 83c70f 57 8bd4 53 }
$sequence_8hex{ 50 8bd4 6a00 52 51 57 }
$sequence_9hex{ 58 8d9704010000 ab 33c0 6a10 59 }
$sequence_10hex{ 52 f6d9 52 83e103 }
$sequence_11hex{ 8bf0 3bf3 0f8e82000000 ff74240c 57 }
$sequence_12hex{ ff742424 ff15???????? 3bc3 7e1a 0144240c }
$sequence_13hex{ 51 ad 03c3 81780165536572 }
$sequence_14hex{ 50 53 6a05 8bcc 50 8bd4 }
$sequence_15hex{ e8???????? 83c40c 89442418 3bc3 0f8441020000 }

Condition

7 of them and filesize < 98304

In plain words (Heuristic)

  • The file must be smaller than 98304 (a cheap guard that skips large files).
  • At least 7 patterns in the rule must match.

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References

Licence & attribution

Author: Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com

Source repository: Malpedia signator rules @ c901f97b7d

Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (repository licence)

Original rule

Mirrored via YARA Forge 20260927, which prefixes rule names with the source and adds normalised meta fields.

Rule id: 61738a64-536a-5286-9f76-81ccd0fd8299

Metadata

version1
toolyara-signator v0.6.0
signator_configcallsandjumps;datarefs;binvalue
malpedia_rule_date20260422
malpedia_hasha182e35da64e6d71cb55f125c4d4225196523f14
malpedia_version20260504
malpedia_licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
malpedia_sharingTLP:WHITE

Tags:FILE