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
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.Read more
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 a non-polymorphic Word virus. The virus resides in the RedTerrorist module.
It has seven subroutines:
AutoOpen AutoClose FuckThemAll ToolsMacro ToolsCustomize ViewVBCode Delay
The virus replicates when a document is opened or closed.
AutoOpen, AutoClose:
These procedures only call the main infection routine of the virus, which is in the FuckThemAll routine.
Delay:
This macro causes the system to pause before a message window is shown.
For i = 0 To 19170000 Next
FuckThemAll:
Main virus routine. Checks system parameter 'Country' and if this is 'US' , it then then runs the command shell:
"c:command.com C echo y | del " + Environ("windir") + "system*.* > nul"
After that the virus sets the following parameters:
.SaveNormalPrompt = False .VirusProtection = False .AllowFastSave = True .BackgroundSave = True
The virus checks for the presence in the active document (or normal.dot) of the 'RedTerrorist' module. Repeated infection will not occur. If the module is not found, the virus creates an export file 'user.vxd' in %windir%%temp% catalogue and infects the document. After that the virus removes the export file 'user.vxd'
ToolsCustomize, ToolsMacro, ViewVBCode:
These three routines are used for stealth; when executed they call the Delay routine and display Message Boxes:
ToolsMacro:
Top level process aborted, cannot continue
ToolsCustomize
Configuration too large for memory
ViewVBCode
Error in EXE file, program too big to fit in memory
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