MD5: 186dcc1ce9a91b41133e75e01ed81713
SHA1: 2c91d7725d2388d95cb87fad9eac0f24660509b4
SHA256: 13e0b6a62bf0a22ca8215bedf45b88c5205f91f56ebb6f3867cfb0cbb5e66884
SSDeep: 24576:BRmJkcoQricOIQxiZY1ia0Y/pV9u54LYcRFAocv:uJZoQrbTFZY1ia0YRfLNR2oO
Size: 1055574 bytes
File type: EXE
Platform: WIN32
Entropy: Packed
PEID: UPolyXv05_v6
Company: no certificate found
Created at: 2012-01-29 23:32:28

Summary:

Worm. A program that is primarily replicating on networks or removable drives.

Payload

No specific payload has been found.

Process activity

The Worm creates the following process(es):

ipconfig.exe:740
ipconfig.exe:2036
%original file name%.exe:832
svshost.exe:1436

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

sqlwriter.exe:192

File activity

The process %original file name%.exe:832 makes changes in the file system.
The Worm creates and/or writes to the following file(s):

%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp\svshost.exe (14866 bytes)
D:\System.exe (7433 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data\check.txt (5 bytes)
C:\System.exe (7433 bytes)
%System%\drivers\etc\hosts (887 bytes)

The Worm deletes the following file(s):

%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp\svshost.exe (0 bytes)

The process svshost.exe:1436 makes changes in the file system.
The Worm creates and/or writes to the following file(s):

%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp\sqlwriter.exe (10 bytes)

Registry activity

The process sqlwriter.exe:192 makes changes in the system registry.
The Worm creates and/or sets the following values in system registry:

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "AD 8F 7B 59 EE 59 70 43 00 5B 15 3A C4 27 EE 76"

The process ipconfig.exe:740 makes changes in the system registry.
The Worm creates and/or sets the following values in system registry:

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "20 E8 39 12 39 72 5B 0A 07 4B 16 4D ED E7 96 FE"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\eappprxy\traceIdentifier]
"Guid" = "5f31090b-d990-4e91-b16d-46121d0255aa"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\QUtil\traceIdentifier]
"Guid" = "8aefce96-4618-42ff-a057-3536aa78233e"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\eappprxy]
"Active" = "1"

[HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Eventlog\Application\ESENT]
"CategoryMessageFile" = "%System%\ESENT.dll"
"EventMessageFile" = "%System%\ESENT.dll"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\eappcfg\traceIdentifier]
"BitNames" = " Error Unusual Info Debug"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\eappcfg]
"Active" = "1"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\QUtil]
"Active" = "1"
"ControlFlags" = "1"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\QUtil\traceIdentifier]
"BitNames" = " Error Unusual Info Debug"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\eappprxy\traceIdentifier]
"BitNames" = " Error Unusual Info Debug"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\eappprxy]
"LogSessionName" = "stdout"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\QUtil]
"LogSessionName" = "stdout"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\eappcfg\traceIdentifier]
"Guid" = "5f31090b-d990-4e91-b16d-46121d0255aa"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\eappcfg]
"ControlFlags" = "1"

[HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Eventlog\Application\ESENT]
"CategoryCount" = "16"
"TypesSupported" = "7"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\eappcfg]
"LogSessionName" = "stdout"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\eappprxy]
"ControlFlags" = "1"

The process ipconfig.exe:2036 makes changes in the system registry.
The Worm creates and/or sets the following values in system registry:

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "52 F1 F0 F2 3C 52 69 14 C4 C4 F3 A5 6B 5B CF EB"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\eappprxy\traceIdentifier]
"Guid" = "5f31090b-d990-4e91-b16d-46121d0255aa"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\QUtil\traceIdentifier]
"Guid" = "8aefce96-4618-42ff-a057-3536aa78233e"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\eappprxy]
"Active" = "1"

[HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Eventlog\Application\ESENT]
"CategoryMessageFile" = "%System%\ESENT.dll"
"EventMessageFile" = "%System%\ESENT.dll"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\eappcfg\traceIdentifier]
"BitNames" = " Error Unusual Info Debug"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\eappcfg]
"Active" = "1"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\QUtil]
"Active" = "1"
"ControlFlags" = "1"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\QUtil\traceIdentifier]
"BitNames" = " Error Unusual Info Debug"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\eappprxy\traceIdentifier]
"BitNames" = " Error Unusual Info Debug"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\eappprxy]
"LogSessionName" = "stdout"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\QUtil]
"LogSessionName" = "stdout"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\eappcfg\traceIdentifier]
"Guid" = "5f31090b-d990-4e91-b16d-46121d0255aa"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\eappcfg]
"ControlFlags" = "1"

[HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Eventlog\Application\ESENT]
"CategoryCount" = "16"
"TypesSupported" = "7"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\eappcfg]
"LogSessionName" = "stdout"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\eappprxy]
"ControlFlags" = "1"

The process %original file name%.exe:832 makes changes in the system registry.
The Worm creates and/or sets the following values in system registry:

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "85 DA A0 6B 9B 54 6C D0 C4 2D 7E DF 0E 9F 37 9D"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{c155cd73-744b-11e2-8294-806d6172696f}]
"BaseClass" = "Drive"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{c155cd72-744b-11e2-8294-806d6172696f}]
"BaseClass" = "Drive"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{b98117e8-75ca-11e2-81b2-000c293708fb}]
"BaseClass" = "Drive"

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

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{c155cd75-744b-11e2-8294-806d6172696f}]
"BaseClass" = "Drive"

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

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"MicroSoftUpdate" = "C:\DOCUME~1\"%CurrentUserName%"\LOCALS~1\Temp\svshost.exe"

The process svshost.exe:1436 makes changes in the system registry.
The Worm creates and/or sets the following values in system registry:

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "E3 6A 43 A2 27 14 29 2E FF 19 B1 5C 2D FA 6A 27"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{c155cd73-744b-11e2-8294-806d6172696f}]
"BaseClass" = "Drive"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{c155cd72-744b-11e2-8294-806d6172696f}]
"BaseClass" = "Drive"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{b98117e8-75ca-11e2-81b2-000c293708fb}]
"BaseClass" = "Drive"

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

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{c155cd75-744b-11e2-8294-806d6172696f}]
"BaseClass" = "Drive"

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

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"MicroSoftUpdate" = "C:\DOCUME~1\"%CurrentUserName%"\LOCALS~1\Temp\svshost.exe"

Network activity (URLs)

No activity has been detected.

HOSTS file anomalies

The Worm modifies "%System%\drivers\etc\hosts" file which is used to translate DNS entries to IP addresses.
The modified file is 1192 bytes in size. The following strings are added to the hosts file listed below:

Rootkit activity

No anomalies have been detected.

Propagation

Remove it with Ad-Aware

1. Click (here) to download and install Ad-Aware Free Antivirus.
2. Update the definition files.
3. Run a full scan of your computer.

Manual removal*

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

   ipconfig.exe:740
   ipconfig.exe:2036
   %original file name%.exe:832
   svshost.exe:1436

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

   %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp\svshost.exe (14866 bytes)
   D:\System.exe (7433 bytes)
   %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data\check.txt (5 bytes)
   C:\System.exe (7433 bytes)
   %System%\drivers\etc\hosts (887 bytes)
   %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp\sqlwriter.exe (10 bytes)

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

   [HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
   "MicroSoftUpdate" = "C:\DOCUME~1\"%CurrentUserName%"\LOCALS~1\Temp\svshost.exe"
   
   

5. Restore the original content of the HOSTS file (%System%\drivers\etc\hosts):
   127.0.0.1 localhost
   
6. Reboot the computer.
   

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