Threat Encyclopedia

This malware spams messages to users using Skype in order to propagate. The spammed messages contain links that lead to an automatic download of the malware itself. This malware also has backdoor routines, which compromises an affected system's security.

To get a one-glance comprehensive view of the behavior of this Worm, refer to the Threat Diagram shown below.

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This worm arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

It executes commands from a remote malicious user, effectively compromising the affected system. It connects to a website to send and receive information.

It also has rootkit capabilities, which enables it to hide its processes and files from the user.

Arrival Details

This worm arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

Installation

This worm drops the following copies of itself into the affected system and executes them:

• %Application Data%\{random folder found}\{filename found in %System%}

(Note: %System% is the Windows system folder, which is usually C:\Windows\System32.)

It drops the following files:

• {removable drive letter}:\{random folder name}\$REChCLE.BIN
• {removable drive letter}:\{random folder name}\thLmbs.db
• {removable drive letter}:\{random folder name}\vagefile.sys
• {removable drive letter}:\{random folder name}\desktopfini
• {removable drive letter}:\{random folder name}\readme.tat

Autostart Technique

This worm adds the following registry entries to enable its automatic execution at every system startup:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\
Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
{random CLSID} = "%Application Data%\{random folder found}\{filename found in %System%}"

Backdoor Routine

This worm executes the following commands from a remote malicious user:

• Remote Desktop / Remote Access
• Download & Upload Files
• Update And Uninstall self
• Download and Load Additional Plugins
     >Disk Propagation - {Hostname}/files/010-update-vl0d3/dsp.psd
     >Messenger Propagation - {Hostname}/files/010-update-vl0d3/msg.gsm
     >BackSocks - {Hostname}/files/010-update-vl0d3/Bot.dll
• Redirect network traffic
• Monitor Browser Activity

It connects to the following websites to send and receive information:

• https://{BLOCKED}s.cc/ping.html
• https://{BLOCKED}s.su/ping.html
• https://{BLOCKED}s.su/ping.html
• https://{BLOCKED}ections.cc/ping.html
• https://{BLOCKED}ections.su/ping.html
• https://{BLOCKED}ctions.su/ping.html

Rootkit Capabilities

This worm also has rootkit capabilities, which enables it to hide its processes and files from the user.

Information Theft

This worm gathers the following data:

• Installed Applications
• Directory and File List
• Drive Informations
• Network Information
• Username
• Computername
• OS Version
• Hardware Information
• Running Processes

NOTES:

This worm creates .LNK (shortcut) files using folder names found in removable drives. It then hides the original folder tricking users to click .LNK files. This .LNK files point out to a dropped copy of itself in the removable drive using a {random folder found in removable}\{random name}.{random extension}.