HLLP/7248.unp ???

What kind of virus is this?

 

HLLP: virus was compiled with high level language compiler Turbo Pascal
Virus length: 7248 bytes
unp = unpacked
The virus name contains already some info about what it is.

 

I've seen that NOD32 added a lot of HLLP viruses in the last 3-4 updates. Are they starting to spread?

 

No, it is to cover stuff in older collections (which are around in the internet and/or used also in some tests).

 

I also noted symantec is adding a bunch of those HLLP.

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/defs.added.html

 

In ~4 weeks a test will start. It will be very interesting to see who will "win the race". Atm the favorite candidates seems to be (in alphabetical order) Bitdefender, KAV, McAfee, NOD32 and Symantec. But I also have no idea, as I do not test them in advance (because test-sets are not done).

 

Well, my oppinion is that the first three positions will be:

1.KAV;
2.NOD32;
3.Bit Defender.

 

Haven't seen them for ages In the DOS times too...