MD5: 2727b802de0fac04ca4a421f85919886
SHA1: e3dd180e5f00d420fc293360e1e03b0876d51706
SHA256: c06afb5a9c616f7b2f21b44905ccc1cafd7edb93fde8a8676027271a5d87c924
SSDeep: 3072:Q8mbwYgtKYjWFDa8th968qiIUo9yAiLa:X6wYgtiRJzZIUsKLa
Size: 199680 bytes
File type: EXE
Platform: WIN32
Entropy: Not Packed
PEID: UPolyXv05_v6
Company: Setup Process (r)
Created at: 2004-11-08 16:12:18
Analyzed on: WindowsXP SP3 32-bit

Summary:

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

Payload

Process activity

The Worm creates the following process(es):

%original file name%.exe:2872
%original file name%.exe:2840

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

ctfmon.exe:252
mspaint.exe:2920

File activity

The process mspaint.exe:2920 makes changes in the file system.
The Worm creates and/or writes to the following file(s):

%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data\Microsoft\Epwiwm.exe (1281 bytes)

The Worm deletes the following file(s):

C:\%original file name%.exe (0 bytes)

The process %original file name%.exe:2840 makes changes in the file system.
The Worm creates and/or writes to the following file(s):

%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data\ScreenSaverPro.scr (1281 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\desktop.ini (67 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data\temp.bin (1281 bytes)

Registry activity

The process ctfmon.exe:252 makes changes in the system registry.
The Worm deletes the following value(s) in system registry:
The Worm disables automatic startup of the application by deleting the following autorun value:

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"internat.exe"

The process mspaint.exe:2920 makes changes in the system registry.
The Worm creates and/or sets the following values in system registry:

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "C2 FF 28 A4 C3 D6 0C 1B F8 B0 49 4B 0F DF 49 BC"

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

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap]
"AutoDetect" = "1"
[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"History" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\History"

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

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

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections]
"SavedLegacySettings" = "46 00 00 00 42 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00"

The Worm modifies IE settings for security zones to map all web-nodes that bypassing proxy to the Intranet Zone:

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

The Worm modifies IE settings for security zones to map all local web-nodes with no dots which do not refer to any zone to the Intranet Zone:

"UNCAsIntranet" = "1"

The Worm modifies IE settings for security zones to map all urls to the Intranet Zone:

"IntranetName" = "1"

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

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"Epwiwm" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data\Microsoft\Epwiwm.exe"

Proxy settings are disabled:

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

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

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

The process %original file name%.exe:2872 makes changes in the system registry.
The Worm creates and/or sets the following values in system registry:

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "60 8D 92 3D A2 9F ED 42 A3 60 DA BA 3D C1 BC 97"

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

The process %original file name%.exe:2840 makes changes in the system registry.
The Worm creates and/or sets the following values in system registry:

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "CB 9B DA 57 25 B1 4A 36 EB 04 31 1F F7 0E A9 F6"

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

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap]
"AutoDetect" = "1"
[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"History" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\History"

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

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

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections]
"SavedLegacySettings" = "46 00 00 00 40 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00"

The Worm modifies IE settings for security zones to map all web-nodes that bypassing proxy to the Intranet Zone:

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

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

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"Screen Saver Pro 3.1" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data\ScreenSaverPro.scr"

The Worm modifies IE settings for security zones to map all local web-nodes with no dots which do not refer to any zone to the Intranet Zone:

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

The Worm modifies IE settings for security zones to map all urls to the Intranet Zone:

"IntranetName" = "1"

Proxy settings are disabled:

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

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

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

Network activity (URLs)

No activity has been detected.

HOSTS file anomalies

No changes have been detected.

Rootkit activity

The Worm installs the following user-mode hooks in urlmon.dll:

URLDownloadToFileA
URLDownloadToFileW

The Worm installs the following user-mode hooks in WININET.dll:

InternetWriteFile
HttpSendRequestA
HttpSendRequestW

The Worm installs the following user-mode hooks in dnsapi.dll:

DnsQuery_A
DnsQuery_W

The Worm installs the following user-mode hooks in WS2_32.dll:

send
GetAddrInfoW

The Worm installs the following user-mode hooks in kernel32.dll:

MoveFileA
CopyFileW
CopyFileA
MoveFileW
CreateFileW
CreateFileA

The Worm installs the following user-mode hooks in ntdll.dll:

LdrLoadDll
NtResumeThread
ZwQueryDirectoryFile
ZwEnumerateValueKey

Propagation

A worm can spread via removable drives. It writes its executable and creates "autorun.inf" scripts on all removable drives. The autorun script will execute the Worm's file once a user opens a drive's folder in Windows Explorer.
A program can register a device notification with the help of RegisterDeviceNotification. So it is notified when a USB device is plugged and then the worm copies itself to the USB device plugged into the affected computer.
A worm can spread its copies through the MSN Messanger.

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. Scan a system with an anti-rootkit tool.
   
2. Terminate malicious process(es) (How to End a Process With the Task Manager):
   

   %original file name%.exe:2872
   %original file name%.exe:2840
   

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

   %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data\Microsoft\Epwiwm.exe (1281 bytes)
   %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data\ScreenSaverPro.scr (1281 bytes)
   %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\desktop.ini (67 bytes)
   %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data\temp.bin (1281 bytes)

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

   [HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
   "Epwiwm" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data\Microsoft\Epwiwm.exe"
   
   [HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
   "Screen Saver Pro 3.1" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data\ScreenSaverPro.scr"

6. Find and delete all copies of the worm's file together with "autorun.inf" scripts on removable drives.
   
7. Reboot the computer.
   

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