Email-Worm.VBS.Nobelman

Parent class: VirWare

Viruses and worms are malicious programs that self-replicate on computers or via computer networks without the user being aware; each subsequent copy of such malicious programs is also able to self-replicate. Malicious programs which spread via networks or infect remote machines when commanded to do so by the “owner” (e.g. Backdoors) or programs that create multiple copies that are unable to self-replicate are not part of the Viruses and Worms subclass. The main characteristic used to determine whether or not a program is classified as a separate behaviour within the Viruses and Worms subclass is how the program propagates (i.e. how the malicious program spreads copies of itself via local or network resources.) Most known worms are spread as files sent as email attachments, via a link to a web or FTP resource, via a link sent in an ICQ or IRC message, via P2P file sharing networks etc. Some worms spread as network packets; these directly penetrate the computer memory, and the worm code is then activated. Worms use the following techniques to penetrate remote computers and launch copies of themselves: social engineering (for example, an email message suggesting the user opens an attached file), exploiting network configuration errors (such as copying to a fully accessible disk), and exploiting loopholes in operating system and application security. Viruses can be divided in accordance with the method used to infect a computer:

• file viruses
• boot sector viruses
• macro viruses
• script viruses

Any program within this subclass can have additional Trojan functions. It should also be noted that many worms use more than one method in order to spread copies via networks.

Class: Email-Worm

Email-Worms spread via email. The worm sends a copy of itself as an attachment to an email message or a link to its file on a network resource (e.g. a URL to an infected file on a compromised website or a hacker-owned website). In the first case, the worm code activates when the infected attachment is opened (launched). In the second case, the code is activated when the link to the infected file is opened. In both case, the result is the same: the worm code is activated. Email-Worms use a range of methods to send infected emails. The most common are: using a direct connection to a SMTP server using the email directory built into the worm’s code using MS Outlook services using Windows MAPI functions. Email-Worms use a number of different sources to find email addresses to which infected emails will be sent: the address book in MS Outlook a WAB address database .txt files stored on the hard drive: the worm can identify which strings in text files are email addresses emails in the inbox (some Email-Worms even “reply” to emails found in the inbox) Many Email-Worms use more than one of the sources listed above. There are also other sources of email addresses, such as address books associated with web-based email services.

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Platform: VBS

Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) is a scripting language interpreted by Windows Script Host. VBScript is widely used to create scripts on Microsoft Windows operating systems.

Description

Technical Details

This worm propagates by creating copies of itself on local disks and write-accessible network resources. The worm is a JavaScript script (an HTML file). It is 4 612 bytes in size.

Payload

The worm code will be activated when the user views an infected HTML page using a browser which allows active content to be launched.

In order to infect the victim machine, the worm will:

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Search the directories listed below for non-infected HTML files (clean files will not have a string which says at the beginning of the file):

The worm then writes its body to the start of all files found.

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Search for the following P2P network folders:

C:Program FilesKMDMy Shared Folder
C:Program FilesKaZaAMy Shared Folder
C:Program FilesKaZaA LiteMy Shared Folder
C:Program FilesMorpheusMy Shared Folder
C:Program FilesGroksterMy Grokster
C:Program FilesBearShareShared
C:Program FilesEdonkey2000Incoming
C:ProgrammeKMDMy Shared Folder
C:ProgrammeKaZaAMy Shared Folder
C:ProgrammeKaZaA LiteMy Shared Folder

It copies its body to these folders as "%Template%.jpg.html" (%Template% is a random combination of the words listed below):

Hot
Teen
Sexy
Fuckin
Wet
Super
Black
XXX
Dildo
Asian
Pussy
Lesbian
SexParty
Bitches
Ass

Each time the worm is launched, it will copy itself five time.

Removal instructions

If your computer does not have an up-to-date antivirus, or does not have an antivirus solution at all, follow the instructions below to delete the malicious program:

Using a text editing program (e.g. Notepad), check all files with an *.HTML extension in the following directories for a string which says at the beginning of the file:

%WinDir%

%System%

%Temp%

If such files are present on the victim machine, replace them with non-infected copies from your backup.

Delete the following files (if they are present):

C:Program FilesKMDMy Shared Folder
C:Program FilesKaZaAMy Shared Folder
C:Program FilesKaZaA LiteMy Shared Folder
C:Program FilesMorpheusMy Shared Folder
C:Program FilesGroksterMy Grokster
C:Program FilesBearShareShared
C:Program FilesEdonkey2000Incoming
C:ProgrammeKMDMy Shared Folder
C:ProgrammeKaZaAMy Shared Folder
C:ProgrammeKaZaA LiteMy Shared Folder

Update your antivirus databases and perform a full scan of the computer (download a trial version of Kaspersky Anti-Virus).

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