Virus.Win32.Bee

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: Win32

Win32 is an API on Windows NT-based operating systems (Windows XP, Windows 7, etc.) that supports execution of 32-bit applications. One of the most widespread programming platforms in the world.

Description

Technical Details

This is a primitive companion Windows virus. While infecting it searches for .EXE files in the current directory, renames .EXE file with 3X3 extension and writes its code with the original name of infected file. The virus also copies its file to the Windows directory with the "C:WindowsFastCache.exe" name.

The virus is able to spread via mIRC channel. To do that is overwrites the SCRIPT.INI file in the mIRC client directory and writes to there several instructions that send the infected EXE file to the channel.

The virus is the Windows32 PE executable program, but it is able to infect EXE files of any format (DOS, OS/2, Win16/32) - the virus pays no attention for that, and to return control to the host file just executes it by WinExec system function. The virus has bugs and in some cases it copies files with wrong names.

If the virus is not able to locate the host "3X3" file to pass control to the original host program, it displays the message and exits to Windows:

Invalid call in shared memory 0x0cf689000.

On May 9th the virus creates the C:LOGO.SYS file, writes an BMP image to there and displays the message:

Win32.3x3Eyes coded by Bumblebee[UC]
This is my 1st contribution to Ultimate Chaos team.
Gteetingz UC brothers!

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