Class
Virus
Platform
MSWord

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: Virus

Viruses replicate on the resources of the local machine. Unlike worms, viruses do not use network services to propagate or penetrate other computers. A copy of a virus will reach remote computers only if the infected object is, for some reason unrelated to the virus function, activated on another computer. For example: when infecting accessible disks, a virus penetrates a file located on a network resource a virus copies itself to a removable storage device or infects a file on a removable device a user sends an email with an infected attachment.

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Platform: MSWord

Microsoft Word (MS Word) is a popular word processor and part of Microsoft Office. Microsoft Word files have a .doc or .docx extension.

Description

Technical Details

This is an encrypted virus that contains four macros: OemLogo, FileTemplates, AutoOpen (MeoClose in NORMAL.DOT), OemClose (AutoClose in NORMAL.DOT).

The virus infects the global area on AutoOpen and writes itself to the documents on AutoClose. On entering File/Templates menu the virus displays the MessageBox:

Microsoft Windoze
Windoze Frotection Error
The virus creates the C:WINDOWSSYSTEMOEMINFO.INI file and writes the text to there:
[general]
Manufacturer=NAENBGOURSG
Model=209711 - SO.HT.AI.KS
The virus then creates the C:WINDOWSSYSTEMOEML.NIK file and writes to there a hexadecimal dump of OEMLOGO.BMP, then creates the C:WINDOWSSYSTEMOEMZ.BAT file and writes to there commands that convert this hexadecimal dump to BMP file:
@echo off
debug < oeml.nik > nul
del oeml.nik
del oemz.bat
The resulting BMP file contains a logo with text:
CREATED BY NAENBGOURSG

The virus also contains commented text strings:

by NAENBGOURSG
SO.HT.AI.KS
231076-GREECE
VRD 19-4-1997
------------------------------
+       ·    ÷ x
x           x
·
·
--------------------------------
Latin word -virus- means poison and is a derivative
of two Sanskritic roots --> -vishas->(poison)
and -ishus->(arrow).
NAENBGOURSG - SO.HT.AI.KS
M.SC. in MacroViral Science
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