Virus.Win32.Duel_a84c7c8df2

by malwarelabrobot on June 30th, 2013 in Malware Descriptions.

HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic (Kaspersky), LooksLike.Win32.Malware!B (v) (VIPRE), Virus.Win32.Heur!IK (Emsisoft), Virus.Win32.Duel.FD, GenericEmailWorm.YR, GenericIRCBot.YR (Lavasoft MAS)
Behaviour: Trojan, Worm, Email-Worm, Virus, IRCBot


The description has been automatically generated by Lavasoft Malware Analysis System and it may contain incomplete or inaccurate information.

Summary
Technical Details
Removal Recommendations

MD5: a84c7c8df2a8f4415e838509ebce9021
SHA1: 5208fe615f6224c3adde991804c7db4764319a84
SHA256: fe7de4f4d99291596357721b0d71584825bf5d1133625ced75e9f5463b7a8f75
SSDeep: 768:8zzAis5t6QI17LCsgJ0 qCTgKu6F6a K2:8zo5t6r6sgJ5T9jFT
Size: 57344 bytes
File type: PE32
Platform: WIN32
Entropy: Not Packed
PEID: UPolyXv05_v6
Company: no certificate found
Created at: 2033-09-20 06:11:00


Summary:

Trojan. A program that appears to do one thing but actually does another (a.k.a. Trojan Horse).
Email-Worm. Worm that spreads its copies in attachments included in emails.
Virus. A program that recursively replicates a possibly evolved copy of itself.
IRCBot. A bot communicates with command and control servers via IRC channel.

Process activity

The Virus creates the following process(es):

a84c7c8df2a8f4415e838509ebce9021.exe:1496
dwwin.exe:1104

The Virus injects its code into the following process(es):

File activity

The process a84c7c8df2a8f4415e838509ebce9021.exe:1496 makes changes in a file system.
The Virus creates and/or writes to the following file(s):

%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Templates\excel.xls (666 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Application Data\Adobe\Reader 9.3\Setup Files\rzqyjaaar.izaqiaq.jjr (57 bytes)
D:\iazzzarib.yqa (57 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp\ffff_appcompat.txt (6214 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp\baaqqj.qraq.zyr (57 bytes)
%WinDir%\xwrm.exe (57 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Application Data\Adobe\Reader 9.3\Setup Files\Reader9\yqyajqiaq.jjr (57 bytes)

The process dwwin.exe:1104 makes changes in a file system.
The Virus creates and/or writes to the following file(s):

%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\desktop.ini (67 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp\130032.dmp (78368 bytes)

Registry activity

The process a84c7c8df2a8f4415e838509ebce9021.exe:1496 makes changes in a system registry.
The Virus creates and/or sets the following values in system registry:

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "F8 C8 56 7A 91 96 31 E0 AE 12 26 D0 43 F7 4A 03"

To automatically run itself each time Windows is booted, the Virus adds the following link to its file to the system registry autorun key:

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"x32x" = "%WinDir%\xwrm.exe"

The Virus deletes the following registry key(s):

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PCHealth\ErrorReporting\DW]

The Virus deletes the following value(s) in system registry:

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PCHealth\ErrorReporting\DW]
"DWFileTreeRoot"

The process dwwin.exe:1104 makes changes in a system registry.
The Virus creates and/or sets the following values in system registry:

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "7B 9B AF B6 87 9F F0 AE 86 D9 BA AC A0 EB F9 4C"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"Cookies" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Cookies"

[HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Hardware Profiles\0001\Software\Microsoft\windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"ProxyEnable" = "0"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths\path2]
"CachePath" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\Cache2"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths\path1]
"CachePath" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\Cache1"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths\path3]
"CacheLimit" = "65452"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"MigrateProxy" = "1"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths\path1]
"CacheLimit" = "65452"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"History" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\History"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths]
"Directory" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"Common AppData" = "%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths\path4]
"CacheLimit" = "65452"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths\path4]
"CachePath" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\Cache4"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths\path3]
"CachePath" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\Cache3"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths]
"Paths" = "4"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"AppData" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections]
"SavedLegacySettings" = "3C 00 00 00 16 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"Cache" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths\path2]
"CacheLimit" = "65452"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"Personal" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\My Documents"

Proxy settings are disabled:

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"ProxyEnable" = "0"

The Virus deletes the following value(s) in system registry:

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"AutoConfigURL"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"ProxyServer"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"ProxyOverride"

Network activity (URLs)

A bot communicates with command and control servers via IRC channel.

No activity has been detected.

Rootkit activity

No anomalies have been detected.

Propagation

Worm that spreads its copies in attachments included in emails.


Remove it with Ad-Aware

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Manual removal*

  1. Terminate malicious process(es) (How to End a Process With the Task Manager):

    a84c7c8df2a8f4415e838509ebce9021.exe:1496
    dwwin.exe:1104

  2. Delete the original Virus file.
  3. Delete or disinfect the following files created/modified by the Virus:

    %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Templates\excel.xls (666 bytes)
    %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Application Data\Adobe\Reader 9.3\Setup Files\rzqyjaaar.izaqiaq.jjr (57 bytes)
    D:\iazzzarib.yqa (57 bytes)
    %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp\ffff_appcompat.txt (6214 bytes)
    %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp\baaqqj.qraq.zyr (57 bytes)
    %WinDir%\xwrm.exe (57 bytes)
    %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Application Data\Adobe\Reader 9.3\Setup Files\Reader9\yqyajqiaq.jjr (57 bytes)
    %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\desktop.ini (67 bytes)
    %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp\130032.dmp (78368 bytes)

  4. Delete the following value(s) in the autorun key (How to Work with System Registry):

    [HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
    "x32x" = "%WinDir%\xwrm.exe"

*Manual removal may cause unexpected system behaviour and should be performed at your own risk.

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