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Email-Worm.Win32.Ganda

Class Email-Worm
Platform Win32
Description

Technical Details

Ganda is a worm virus spreading via the Internet as an email attachment. It inserts its component into executable Win32 PE EXE files and protects itself against anti-virus programs.

The worm itself is a Windows PE EXE file that is 45056 bytes in size. It is written in the Assembler programming language and contains the following encrypted strings:

 [WORM.SWEDENSUX] Coded by Uncle Roger in H�rn�sand, Sweden, 03.03.
 I am being discriminated by the swedish schoolsystem. This is a response
 to eight long years of discrimination.
 I support animal-liberators worldwide.

The messages with the worm contain the text strings (secondary strings may be ignored by E-mail programs):


 --part1
 Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part2"

 --part2
 Content-type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

 Myzli!

 --part2
 Content-type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"
 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

 
  Massage body
 

 --part2--

 --part1
 Content-type: application/octet-stream
 Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="xx.scr"

A title and a message body are selected from the following variants in English and in Swedish. The language chosen depends on a computer’s language settings.

Swedish message variants:

Variant 1:

 Title: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Olaglig_sk=E4rmsl=E4ckare=3F?=

 Message body:

 Hej!

 Min son visade mig denna sk=E4rmsl=E4ckare som jag misst=E4nker kan =
 bryta mot lagen om hets mot folkgrupp. Eftersom du =E4r verksam som =
 jurist, s=E5 vore jag tacksam f=F6r en fackmans syn p=E5 saken. Tack =
 p=E5 f=F6rhand.

Variant 2:

 Title: Rashets eller inte?

 Message body:

 Hejsan!

 Min datal=E4rare gjorde mig uppm=E4rksam p=E5 att denna =
 sk=E4rmsl=E4ckare m=F6jligen kan t=E4nkas vara ett verk av rasister. Nu =
 vet jag varken ut eller in, eftersom jag hade t=E4nkt anv=E4nda den p=E5 =
 min skoldator. B=F6r jag att forts=E4tta att anv=E4nda den? Svara helst =
 snarast.
 Tack p=E5 f=F6rhand.

Variant 3:

 Title: Hakkors.

 Message body:

 Hej!

 Min klassf=F6rest=E5ndare gick i taket n=E4r hon fick se =
 sk=E4rmsl=E4ckaren som jag har anv=E4nt under tv=E5 terminer. Hon =
 anklagade mig f=F6r antisemitism eftersom den ibland visar ett hakkors. ='
 Tycker du att jag b=F6r acceptera detta fr=E5n henne? Vore tacksam f=F6r =
 ett utl=E5tande fr=E5n dig. Svara helst s=E5 snart det g=E5r.

Variant 4:

 Title: Suspekta semaforer.

 Message body:

 Hejsan !

 I skolan hittade jag en CD skiva som inneh=F6ll bl.a denna =
 sk=E4rmsl=E4ckare. En l=E4rare som r=E5kade kasta ett =F6ga p=E5 den =
 avf=E4rdade dess inneh=E5ll som ren rasistisk propaganda. Sj=E4lv tycker =
 jag inte att det =E4r n=E5got att
 orda om. Vore tacksam f=F6r din uppfattning. Tack p=E5 f=F6rhand.

Variant 5:

 Title: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Avskyv=E4rd_reklam.?=

 Message body:

 Hej!

 Min minder=E5rige son fick denna sk=E4rmsl=E4ckare p=E5 en CD skiva via =
 ett massutskick av reklam. Jag uppr=F6rs =F6ver det s=E4tt p=E5 vilket =
 rasistiska och nazistiska propagandister till=E5ts f=F6rmedla sin =
 avskyv=E4rda ideologitill barn. Jag =F6verv=E4ger nu att polisanm=E4la detta tilltag s=E5 =
 snart du, i egenskap av juridisk fackman, delgett mig din =E5sikt. Tack =
 p=E5 f=F6rhand.

Variant 6:

 Title: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=D6verviktiga_f=F6rnedras.?=

 Message body:

 Hejsan !

 Jag =F6verv=E4ger att polisanm=E4la denna sk=E4rmsl=E4ckare. Jag anser =
 att den har en nedl=E5tande attityd gentemot =F6verviktiga personer. Jag =
 skulle bli ytterst tacksam om du kunde bidra med din syn p=E5 saken.
 Tack p=E5 f=F6rhand.

Variant 7:

 Title: Go ack ack ack....

 Message body:

 Hej igen!

 Den h=E4r sk=E4rmsl=E4ckaren verkar vara en amerikansk parodi p=E5 =
 n=E5got som svenskarna g=F6r p=E5 midsommar. Skratta inte ihj=E4l dig =
 bara. :-)

Variant 8:

 Title: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=C4r_USA_ett_UFO=3F?=

 Message body:

 Hej igen!

 H=E4r =E4r sk=E4rmsl=E4ckare nummer 4. Kolla in den och tala sedan om =
 f=F6r mig att George W Bush INTE =E4r en rymdvarelse. ;-)

Variant 9:

 Title: Korkad president.

 Message body:

 Hej igen!

 H=E4r =E4r sk=E4rmsl=E4ckaren som jag snackade om. George W Bush verkar =
 inte vara allf=F6r bright om man ska tro brittiska komiker. '
  :-)

Variant 10:

 Title: Katt, hund, kanin.

 Message body:

 Hej igen!

 Om du gillar djur s=E5 m=E5ste denna sk=E4rmsl=E4ckare vara n=E5't f=F6r =
 dig. Mjau, Voff, Arf Arf.... ;-)

English message variants:

Variant 1:

 Title: Screensaver advice.

 Message body:

 Do you think this screensaver could be considered illegal? Would =
 appreciate if you or any one of your friends could check it out and =
 answer as soon as
 humanly possible. Thanx !

Variant 2:

 Title: Spy pics.

 Message body:

 Here's the screensaver i told you about. It contains pictures taken by =
 one of the US spy satellites during one of it's missions over iraq. If =
 you want more of these pic's you know where you can find me. Bye!

Variant 3:

 Title: GO USA !!!!

 Message body:

 This screensaver animates the star spangled banner. Please support the =
 US administration in their fight against terror. Thanx a lot!

Variant 4:

 Title: G.W Bush animation.

 Message body:

 Here's the animation that the FBI wants to stop. Seems like the feds are =
 trying to put an end to peoples right to say what they think of the US =
 administration. Have fun!

Variant 5:

 Title: Is USA a UFO?

 Message body:

 Have a look at this screensaver, and then tell me that George.W Bush is =
 not an alien. ;-)

Variant 6:

 Title: Is USA always number one?

 Message body:

 Some misguided people actually believe that an american life has a =
 greater value than those of other nationalities. Just have a look at =
 this pathetic screensaver and then you'll know what i'm talking about. =
 All the best.

Variant 7:

 Title: LINUX.

 Message body:

 Are you a windows user who is curious about the linux environment? This =
 screensaver gives you a preview of the KDE and GNOME desktops. What's =
 more, LINUX is a free system, meaning anyone can download it.

Variant 8:

 Title: Nazi propaganda?

 Message body:

 This screensaver has been banned in Germany. It contains a number of =
 animated symbols that can be related to the nazi culture. What do you =
 think, is it a legitimate ban or not? Please answer asap. Thanx!

Variant 9:

 Title: Catlover.

 Message body:

 If you like cats you'll love this screensaver. It's four animated =
 kittens running around on the screen. Contact me for more clipart. Have =
 fun! ;-)

Variant 10:

 Title: Disgusting propaganda.

 Message body:

 Hello! My 12 year old doughter received this screensaver on a CDROM that =
 was sent to her through advertising. I find it disturbing that children =
 are now being targets of nazi organizations. I would appreciate to hear =
 from you on this matter, as soon as possible. Thank you.

The attachment file’s name follows a system where the name is:

xx.scr (where ‘XX’ is two random letters ranging from ‘a’ to ‘z’)

The worm activates only if a user clicks on the infected attached file. The worm then installs itself to the system and runs its spreading routine and payload.

Installing
While installing the worm copies itself to the Windows directory under the name SCANDISK.exe and registers this file in the system registry auto-run
key.

 HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun
 ScanDisk=SCANDISK.exe

The worm also copies itself under a random name (8 characters long with letters ranging from ‘a’ to ‘z’+ “.exe”) to the Windows directory.

Spreading
To send out infected messages the worm uses the SMTP server. It scans the WAB database and looks for files by mask: “*.eml”, “*.*htm*”, ” *.dbx” and scans for e-mail addresses inside these files.

The worm inserts its component into the following executable file types: Win32 PE EXE

The worm searches the local disk for all .EXE files and .SCR files and looks
for special commands. If such commands are found it inserts its component into
the last section of PE files. The worm also inserts the JMP command inside
PE files. The inserted component executes the main worm body from the windows
directory. The component code contains the following strings:


 KERNEL32.DLL 
 CreateProcessA  GlobalAlloc GetWindowsDirectoryA SetCurrentDirectoryA 
 CreateProcessA 
 hvjxlzna.EXE

The Ganda worm defends itself against anti-virus programs.

The worm terminates active processes in code found to contain the following text strings:


 virus 
 firewall 
 f-secure 
 symantec 
 mcafee 
 pc-cillin 
 trend micro 
 kaspersky 
 sophos 
 norton

Ganda scans inside files from the system registry tree:

 HKLMSystemCurrentControlSetServicesVxD

and deletes entries for files with anti-virus strings.

The worm also scans inside files that pointed to by the registry keys:

 HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun     
 HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRunServices     

The Ganda worm inserts the RET command into the Entry Point of files found to have anti-virus strings.

Payloads

The worm sends out an email message each time it infects a machine, the message contains the following characteristics:

From:

 skrattahaha@hotmail.com

To:

 red@fna.se
 debatt@svt.se
 susanne.sjostedt@tidningen.to
 skolverket@skolverket.se
 mary.martensson@aftonbladet.se
 katarina.sternudd@aftonbladet.se
 cecilia.gustavsson@aftonbladet.se
 jessica.ritzen@aftonbladet.se
 margareta.cronquist@tidningen.to
 annika.sohlander@aftonbladet.se
 kerstin.danielson@aftonbladet.se
 insandare@tidningen.to
 insandare@aftonbladet.se

The message title or subject is:

DISKRIMINERAD !!!!

The message body contains text written in the Swedish language.

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