Virus:Email-Worm.Win32.Warezov.lg

Other versions:.at , .bw , .do , .et, .ex, .gl, .iq, .jv, .jx, .la, .lb, .ms , .mx , .nd , .nf , .ns , .nv , .oa , .oi

Detection added Feb 17 2007 09:06 GMT
Update released Feb 17 2007 10:32 GMT
Description added Mar 02 2007
Behavior Email Worm
Technical details

This modification of Warezov is a component which is used by other variants in this family. It is a Windows DLL file. It is 364,544 bytes in size.

Installation

When loaded, the file will check which process it is loaded into. If the process is called "winlogon.exe", the following files will be extracted to the Windows system directory:

%System%\wmvprf32.dll
%System%\wmvstat.dll
%System%\confwmv.dll
%System%\wmvconf.exe

This files will be detected by Kaspersky Anti-Virus as other modifications of Warezov: Email-Worm.Win32.Warezov.lf , Email-Worm.Win32.Warezov.lg and Email-Worm.Win32.Warezov.kz .

To ensure that its components are loaded when Windows is rebooted, the worm adds a link to them in the system registry key:

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows]
"AppInit_DLLs" = "confwmv.dll wmvstat.dll"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"wmvdiag" = "<path and name of worm executable file>"

Payload

The worm scans open windows for fields where passwords will be entered. It will harvest data entered in the fields.

The worm also disables system security components by simulating a click on ‘OK' in the relevant dialogue boxes.

The worm also creates an SMTP proxy server on a random TCP port, and sends the IP address of the victim machine and the number of the open port to the remote malicious user's site. It also sends the information which it harvested to the site.

Removal instructions

If your computer does not have an up-to-date antivirus, or does not have an antivirus solution at all, follow the instructions below to delete the malicious program:

  1. Delete the original worm file (the location will depend on how the program originally penetrated the victim machine).
  2. Delete the following files:
    %System%\wmvprf32.dll
    %System%\wmvstat.dll
    %System%\confwmv.dll
    %System%\wmvconf.exe
  3. Delete the following system registry key parameter: [HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
    "wmvdiag" = "<path and name of worm executable file>"
  4. Delete the strings "confwmv.dll" and "wmvstat.dll" from the following system registry key parameter: [HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows]
    "AppInit_DLLs"
  5. Update your antivirus databases and perform a full scan of the computer ( download a trial version of Kaspersky Anti-Virus).
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