W32.Mytob.SA@mm

Mar 12

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Name	W32.Mytob.SA@mm
Type	Worm
Affected	Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows XP
Risk	Level 1: Very Low
Discovered	March 5, 2008
Update	March 5, 2008 10:19:31 PM
Length	94,287 bytes
Virus Info	W32.Mytob.SA@mm is a mass-mailing worm that opens a back door and lowers security settings on the compromised computer.
Threat Assessment	Wild Wild Level: Low Number of Infections: 0 - 49 Number of Sites: 0 - 2 Geographical Distribution: Low Threat Containment: Easy Removal: Easy Damage Damage Level: Low Payload: Opens a back door and lowers security settings. Distribution Distribution Level: Low Writeup By: Sean Kiernan Systems Affected: Windows 98, Windows 95, Windows XP, Windows Me, Windows Vista, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000 Once executed, the worm copies itself to the following location: %System%\wldmgr.exe The worm periodically recreates the following registry entries so that it runs when Windows starts: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\”wldmgr” = “wldmgr.exe” HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\”wldmgr” = “wldmgr.exe” The worm modifies the following registry entry to disable the Shared Access service in Windows 2000/XP: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\”Start” = “4″ It gathers email addresses from the Windows Address Book and from the following locations: %Windir%\Temporary Internet Files %Userprofile%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files %System% It then gathers email addresses from files with the following extensions on all local drives from C to Y: .adb .asp .cgi .dbx .htm .html .jsp .php .sht .tbb .txt .wab .xml The worm avoids sending itself to email addresses that contain any of the following strings: abuse accoun admin administrator anyone bsd bugs certific contact spam feste gold-certs google help icrosoft info linux listserv mail nobody noone not nothing ntivi page postmaster privacy rating register root samples secur service site soft somebody someone spm submit support the.bat unix webmaster www you your The worm avoids sending itself to email addresses that contain any of the following strings in the domain name: .gov .mil acketst arin. avp berkeley borlan bsd example fido foo. fsf. gnu google gov. hotmail iana ibm.com icrosof ietf inpris isc.o isi.e kernel linux math mit.e mozilla msn. mydomai nodomai panda pgp rfc-ed ripe. ruslis secur sendmail sopho syma tanford.e unix usenet utgers.ed It may append the following prefixes to domain names in an attempt to find Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) servers: gate. mail. mail1. mx. mx1. mxs. ns. relay. smtp. The worm uses its own SMTP engine to send itself to the email addresses that it finds. The email has the following characteristics: From: One of the following: adam alex andrew anna bill bob brenda brent brian claudia dan dave david debby frank fred george helen jack james jane jerry jim jimmy joe john jose josh julie kevin leo linda maria mary matt michael mike paul peter ray robert sandra sales sam serg smith stan steve ted tom The worm may also spoof a From address from one of the addresses found on the compromised computer. Subject: IMPORTANT Information Account Information Account Status Updated Critical Information Important Data Important Information Important Notice Important Notification Information about your account Information about your account Notification regarding your account Security Information Warning: Read ASAP Message Body: One of the following: Dear [USER NAME], Your account (%s) has been detected as sending large amounts of spam e-mail. If you believe this could be in error, please first review the attached evidence, If you need help resolving the problem then feel free to contact [DOMAIN] customer service at: [SPOOFED EMAIL] Thank you for using [DOMAIN] Sincerely, [DOMAIN] Customer Service === Attachment: Safe (No Virus) === %s Antivirus - www.[FULL DOMAIN] Dear [USER NAME], \n It has come to our attention that your %s account information is outdated. Please see the attached document for further information. Thanks for using [DOMAIN] Sincerely, [DOMAIN] Customer Service === Attachment: Safe (No Virus) === %s Antivirus - www.[FULL DOMAIN] Dear [USER NAME] Member, We have been forced to temporarily disable your account, [EMAIL]. This is usually due to one of the following reasons: 1. An unauthorized change to your personal information. 2. Invalid account information provided when you created your account. 3. Our inability to verify the information that you provided to us. Please view the attached document for information to reactivate your [EMAILl] account. Sincerely, [DOMAIN] Customer Service === Attachment: Safe (No Virus) === %s Antivirus - www.[FULL DOMAIN] Note: [DOMAIN] is the domain part of the recipient’s email address, [USER NAME] is the username part of the recipient’s email address, [SPOOFED EMAIL] is a spoofed email address on the same domain, and [EMAIL] is the recipient’s email address. Attachment: One of the following: document important-details important-doc important-document information info-doc readme.t with one of the following extensions: .bat .cmd .exe .pif .scr The attachment may also be a .zip file containing a copy of the worm with two file extensions. The copy of the worm will have .doc, .htm, or .txt as the first extension, and .exe, .pif, or .scr as the second extension. The worm connects to an IRC server at 203.169.186.27 on TCP port 8080. The worm listens for commands that allow the remote attacker to perform any of the following actions: Execute files Download files Perform other IRC commands determined by the remote attacker Restart the compromised computer The worm also blocks access to several security-related Web sites by appending the following text to the hosts file: 127.0.0.1 www.symantec.com 127.0.0.1 securityresponse.symantec.com 127.0.0.1 symantec.com 127.0.0.1 www.sophos.com 127.0.0.1 sophos.com 127.0.0.1 www.mcafee.com 127.0.0.1 mcafee.com 127.0.0.1 liveupdate.symantecliveupdate.com 127.0.0.1 www.viruslist.com 127.0.0.1 viruslist.com 127.0.0.1 viruslist.com 127.0.0.1 f-secure.com 127.0.0.1 www.f-secure.com 127.0.0.1 kaspersky.com 127.0.0.1 kaspersky-labs.com 127.0.0.1 www.avp.com 127.0.0.1 www.kaspersky.com 127.0.0.1 avp.com 127.0.0.1 www.networkassociates.com 127.0.0.1 networkassociates.com 127.0.0.1 www.ca.com 127.0.0.1 ca.com 127.0.0.1 mast.mcafee.com 127.0.0.1 my-etrust.com 127.0.0.1 www.my-etrust.com 127.0.0.1 download.mcafee.com 127.0.0.1 dispatch.mcafee.com 127.0.0.1 secure.nai.com 127.0.0.1 nai.com 127.0.0.1 www.nai.com 127.0.0.1 update.symantec.com 127.0.0.1 updates.symantec.com 127.0.0.1 us.mcafee.com 127.0.0.1 liveupdate.symantec.com 127.0.0.1 customer.symantec.com 127.0.0.1 rads.mcafee.com 127.0.0.1 trendmicro.com 127.0.0.1 pandasoftware.com 127.0.0.1 www.pandasoftware.com 127.0.0.1 www.trendmicro.com 127.0.0.1 www.grisoft.com 127.0.0.1 www.microsoft.com 127.0.0.1 microsoft.com 127.0.0.1 www.virustotal.com 127.0.0.1 virustotal.com 127.0.0.1 www.amazon.com 127.0.0.1 www.amazon.co.uk 127.0.0.1 www.amazon.ca 127.0.0.1 www.amazon.fr 127.0.0.1 www.paypal.com 127.0.0.1 paypal.com 127.0.0.1 moneybookers.com 127.0.0.1 www.moneybookers.com 127.0.0.1 www.ebay.com 127.0.0.1 ebay.com It attempts to end the following processes, some of which may be security-related: _AVP32.EXE _AVPCC.EXE _AVPM.EXE ACKWIN32.EXE ADAWARE.EXE ADVXDWIN.EXE AGENTSVR.EXE AGENTW.EXE ALERTSVC.EXE ALEVIR.EXE ALOGSERV.EXE AMON9X.EXE ANTI-TROJAN.EXE ANTIVIRUS.EXE ANTS.EXE APIMONITOR.EXE APLICA32.EXE APVXDWIN.EXE ARR.EXE ATCON.EXE ATGUARD.EXE ATRO55EN.EXE ATUPDATER.EXE ATWATCH.EXE AU.EXE AUPDATE.EXE AUTO-PROTECT.NAV80TRY.EXE AUTODOWN.EXE AUTOTRACE.EXE AUTOUPDATE.EXE AVCONSOL.EXE AVE32.EXE AVGCC32.EXE AVGCTRL.EXE AVGNT.EXE AVGSERV.EXE AVGSERV9.EXE AVGUARD.EXE AVGW.EXE AVKPOP.EXE AVKSERV.EXE AVKSERVICE.EXE AVKWCTl9.EXE AVLTMAIN.EXE AVNT.EXE AVP.EXE AVP32.EXE AVPCC.EXE AVPDOS32.EXE AVPM.EXE AVPTC32.EXE AVPUPD.EXE AVSCHED32.EXE AVSYNMGR.EXE AVWINNT.EXE AVWUPD.EXE AVWUPD32.EXE AVWUPSRV.EXE AVXMONITOR9X.EXE AVXMONITORNT.EXE AVXQUAR.EXE BACKWEB.EXE BARGAINS.EXE BD_PROFESSIONAL.EXE BEAGLE.EXE BELT.EXE BIDEF.EXE BIDSERVER.EXE BIPCP.EXE BIPCPEVALSETUP.EXE BISP.EXE BLACKD.EXE BLACKICE.EXE BLSS.EXE BOOTCONF.EXE BOOTWARN.EXE BORG2.EXE BPC.EXE BRASIL.EXE BS120.EXE BUNDLE.EXE BVT.EXE CCAPP.EXE CCEVTMGR.EXE CCPXYSVC.EXE CDP.EXE CFD.EXE CFGWIZ.EXE CFIADMIN.EXE CFIAUDIT.EXE CFINET.EXE CFINET32.EXE CLAW95CF.EXE CLEAN.EXE CLEANER.EXE CLEANER3.EXE CLEANPC.EXE CLICK.EXE CMD.EXE CMD32.EXE CMESYS.EXE CMGRDIAN.EXE CMON016.EXE CONNECTIONMONITOR.EXE CPD.EXE CPF9X206.EXE CPFNT206.EXE CTRL.EXE CV.EXE CWNB181.EXE CWNTDWMO.EXE DATEMANAGER.EXE DCOMX.EXE DEFALERT.EXE DEFSCANGUI.EXE DEFWATCH.EXE DEPUTY.EXE DIVX.EXE DLLCACHE.EXE DLLREG.EXE DOORS.EXE DPF.EXE DPFSETUP.EXE DPPS2.EXE DRWATSON.EXE DRWEB32.EXE DRWEBUPW.EXE DSSAGENT.EXE DVP95.EXE DVP95_0.EXE ECENGINE.EXE EFPEADM.EXE EMSW.EXE ENT.EXE ESAFE.EXE ESCANHNT.EXE ESCANV95.EXE ESPWATCH.EXE ETHEREAL.EXE ETRUSTCIPE.EXE EVPN.EXE EXANTIVIRUS-CNET.EXE EXE.AVXW.EXE EXPERT.EXE EXPLORE.EXE F-PROT.EXE F-PROT95.EXE F-STOPW.EXE FAMEH32.EXE FAST.EXE FCH32.EXE FIH32.EXE FINDVIRU.EXE FIREWALL.EXE FNRB32.EXE FP-WIN.EXE FP-WIN_TRIAL.EXE FPROT.EXE FRW.EXE FSAA.EXE FSAV.EXE FSAV32.EXE FSAV530STBYB.EXE FSAV530WTBYB.EXE FSAV95.EXE FSGK32.EXE FSM32.EXE FSMA32.EXE FSMB32.EXE GATOR.EXE GBMENU.EXE GBPOLL.EXE GENERICS.EXE GMT.EXE GUARD.EXE GUARDDOG.EXE HACKTRACERSETUP.EXE HBINST.EXE HBSRV.EXE HOTACTIO.EXE HOTPATCH.EXE HTLOG.EXE HTPATCH.EXE HWPE.EXE HXDL.EXE HXIUL.EXE IAMAPP.EXE IAMSERV.EXE IAMSTATS.EXE IBMASN.EXE IBMAVSP.EXE ICLOADNT.EXE ICMON.EXE ICSUPP95.EXE ICSUPPNT.EXE IDLE.EXE IEDLL.EXE IEDRIVER.EXE IEXPLORER.EXE IFACE.EXE IFW2000.EXE INETLNFO.EXE INFUS.EXE INFWIN.EXE INIT.EXE INTDEL.EXE INTREN.EXE IOMON98.EXE ISTSVC.EXE JAMMER.EXE JDBGMRG.EXE JEDI.EXE KAVLITE40ENG.EXE KAVPERS40ENG.EXE KAVPF.EXE KAZZA.EXE KEENVALUE.EXE KERIO-PF-213-EN-WIN.EXE KERIO-WRL-421-EN-WIN.EXE KERIO-WRP-421-EN-WIN.EXE KERNEL32.EXE KILLPROCESSSETUP161.EXE LAUNCHER.EXE LDNETMON.EXE LDPRO.EXE LDPROMENU.EXE LDSCAN.EXE LNETINFO.EXE LOADER.EXE LOCALNET.EXE LOCKDOWN.EXE LOCKDOWN2000.EXE LOOKOUT.EXE LORDPE.EXE LSETUP.EXE LUALL.EXE LUAU.EXE LUCOMSERVER.EXE LUINIT.EXE LUSPT.EXE MAPISVC32.EXE MCAGENT.EXE MCMNHDLR.EXE MCSHIELD.EXE MCTOOL.EXE MCUPDATE.EXE MCVSRTE.EXE MCVSSHLD.EXE MD.EXE MFIN32.EXE MFW2EN.EXE MFWENG3.02D30.EXE MGAVRTCL.EXE MGAVRTE.EXE MGHTML.EXE MGUI.EXE MINILOG.EXE MMOD.EXE MONITOR.EXE MOOLIVE.EXE MOSTAT.EXE MPFAGENT.EXE MPFSERVICE.EXE MPFTRAY.EXE MRFLUX.EXE MSAPP.EXE MSBB.EXE MSBLAST.EXE MSCACHE.EXE MSCCN32.EXE MSCMAN.EXE MSCONFIG.EXE MSDM.EXE MSDOS.EXE MSIEXEC16.EXE MSINFO32.EXE MSLAUGH.EXE MSMGT.EXE MSMSGRI32.EXE MSSMMC32.EXE MSSYS.EXE MSVXD.EXE MU0311AD.EXE MWATCH.EXE N32SCANW.EXE NAV.EXE NAVAP.NAVAPSVC.EXE NAVAPSVC.EXE NAVAPW32.EXE NAVDX.EXE NAVLU32.EXE NAVNT.EXE NAVSTUB.EXE NAVW32.EXE NAVWNT.EXE NC2000.EXE NCINST4.EXE NDD32.EXE NEC.EXE NEOMONITOR.EXE NEOWATCHLOG.EXE NETARMOR.EXE NETD32.EXE NETINFO.EXE NETMON.EXE NETSCANPRO.EXE NETSPYHUNTER-1.2.EXE NETSTAT.EXE NETUTILS.EXE NISSERV.EXE NISUM.EXE NMAIN.EXE NOD32.EXE NORMIST.EXE NORTON_INTERNET_SECU_3.0_407.EXE NOTSTART.EXE NPF40_TW_98_NT_ME_2K.EXE NPFMESSENGER.EXE NPROTECT.EXE NPSCHECK.EXE NPSSVC.EXE NSCHED32.EXE NSSYS32.EXE NSTASK32.EXE NSUPDATE.EXE NT.EXE NTRTSCAN.EXE NTVDM.EXE NTXconfig.EXE NUI.EXE NUPGRADE.EXE NVARCH16.EXE NVC95.EXE NVSVC32.EXE NWINST4.EXE NWSERVICE.EXE NWTOOL16.EXE OLLYDBG.EXE ONSRVR.EXE OPTIMIZE.EXE OSTRONET.EXE OTFIX.EXE OUTPOST.EXE OUTPOSTINSTALL.EXE OUTPOSTPROINSTALL.EXE PADMIN.EXE PANIXK.EXE PATCH.EXE PAVCL.EXE PAVPROXY.EXE PAVSCHED.EXE PAVW.EXE PCFWALLICON.EXE PCIP10117_0.EXE PCSCAN.EXE PDSETUP.EXE PERISCOPE.EXE PERSFW.EXE PERSWF.EXE PF2.EXE PFWADMIN.EXE PGMONITR.EXE PINGSCAN.EXE PLATIN.EXE POP3TRAP.EXE POPROXY.EXE POPSCAN.EXE PORTDETECTIVE.EXE PORTMONITOR.EXE POWERSCAN.EXE PPINUPDT.EXE PPTBC.EXE PPVSTOP.EXE PRIZESURFER.EXE PRMT.EXE PRMVR.EXE PROCDUMP.EXE PROCESSMONITOR.EXE PROCEXPLORERV1.0.EXE PROGRAMAUDITOR.EXE PROPORT.EXE PROTECTX.EXE PSPF.EXE PURGE.EXE QCONSOLE.EXE QSERVER.EXE RAPAPP.EXE RAV7.EXE RAV7WIN.EXE RAV8WIN32ENG.EXE RAY.EXE RB32.EXE RCSYNC.EXE REALMON.EXE REGED.EXE REGEDIT.EXE REGEDT32.EXE RESCUE.EXE RESCUE32.EXE RRGUARD.EXE RSHELL.EXE RTVSCAN.EXE RTVSCN95.EXE RULAUNCH.EXE RUN32DLL.EXE RUNDLL.EXE RUNDLL16.EXE RUXDLL32.EXE SAFEWEB.EXE SAHAGENT.EXE SAVE.EXE SAVENOW.EXE SBSERV.EXE SC.EXE SCAM32.EXE SCAN32.EXE SCAN95.EXE SCANPM.EXE SCRSCAN.EXE SETUP_FLOWPROTECTOR_US.EXE SETUPVAMEEVAL.EXE SFC.EXE SGSSFW32.EXE SH.EXE SHELLSPYINSTALL.EXE SHN.EXE SHOWBEHIND.EXE SMC.EXE SMS.EXE SMSS32.EXE SOAP.EXE SOFI.EXE SPERM.EXE SPF.EXE SPHINX.EXE SPOLER.EXE SPOOLCV.EXE SPOOLSV32.EXE SPYXX.EXE SREXE.EXE SRNG.EXE SS3EDIT.EXE SSG_4104.EXE SSGRATE.EXE ST2.EXE START.EXE STCLOADER.EXE SUPFTRL.EXE SUPPORT.EXE SUPPORTER5.EXE SVC.EXE SVCHOSTC.EXE SVCHOSTS.EXE SVSHOST.EXE SWEEP95.EXE SWEEPNET.SWEEPSRV.SYS.SWNETSUP.EXE SYMPROXYSVC.EXE SYMTRAY.EXE SYSEDIT.EXE SYSTEM.EXE SYSTEM32.EXE SYSUPD.EXE TASKMG.EXE TASKMGR.EXE TASKMO.EXE TASKMON.EXE TAUMON.EXE TBSCAN.EXE TC.EXE TCA.EXE TCM.EXE TDS-3.EXE TDS2-NT.EXE TEEKIDS.EXE TFAK.EXE TFAK5.EXE TGBOB.EXE TITANIN.EXE TITANINXP.EXE TRACERT.EXE TRICKLER.EXE TRJSCAN.EXE TRJSETUP.EXE TROJANTRAP3.EXE TSADBOT.EXE TVMD.EXE TVTMD.EXE UNDOBOOT.EXE UPDAT.EXE UPDATE.EXE UPGRAD.EXE UTPOST.EXE VBCMSERV.EXE VBCONS.EXE VBUST.EXE VBWIN9X.EXE VBWINNTW.EXE VCSETUP.EXE VET32.EXE VET95.EXE VETTRAY.EXE VFSETUP.EXE VIR-HELP.EXE VIRUSMDPERSONALFIREWALL.EXE VNLAN300.EXE VNPC3000.EXE VPC32.EXE VPC42.EXE VPFW30S.EXE VPTRAY.EXE VSCAN40.EXE VSCENU6.02D30.EXE VSCHED.EXE VSECOMR.EXE VSHWIN32.EXE VSISETUP.EXE VSMAIN.EXE VSMON.EXE VSSTAT.EXE VSWIN9XE.EXE VSWINNTSE.EXE VSWINPERSE.EXE W32DSM89.EXE W9X.EXE WATCHDOG.EXE WEBDAV.EXE WEBSCANX.EXE WEBTRAP.EXE WFINDV32.EXE WHOSWATCHINGME.EXE WIMMUN32.EXE WIN-BUGSFIX.EXE WIN32.EXE WIN32US.EXE WINACTIVE.EXE WINDOW.EXE WINDOWS.EXE WININETD.EXE WININIT.EXE WININITX.EXE WINLOGIN.EXE WINMAIN.EXE WINNET.EXE WINPPR32.EXE WINRECON.EXE WINSERVN.EXE WINSSK32.EXE WINSTART.EXE WINSTART001.EXE WINTSK32.EXE WINUPDATE.EXE WKUFIND.EXE WNAD.EXE WNT.EXE WRADMIN.EXE WRCTRL.EXE WSBGATE.EXE WUPDATER.EXE WUPDT.EXE WYVERNWORKSFIREWALL.EXE XPF202EN.EXE ZAPRO.EXE ZAPSETUP3001.EXE ZATUTOR.EXE ZONALM2601.EXE ZONEALARM.EXE
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