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WORM_DROPPER.DI

August 26, 2013
 ALIASES:

Worm:Win32/Ainslot.H (Microsoft), Trojan.Malcol (Symantec), Win32/VB.NYG worm (ESET), W32/Cosmu.BCCY!tr (Fortinet)

 PLATFORM:

Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP (32-bit, 64-bit), Windows Vista (32-bit, 64-bit), Windows 7 (32-bit, 64-bit)

 OVERALL RISK RATING:
 DAMAGE POTENTIAL:
 DISTRIBUTION POTENTIAL:
 REPORTED INFECTION:
 INFORMATION EXPOSURE:

  • Threat Type: Worm

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

This worm arrives by connecting affected removable drives to a system.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

3,567,616 bytes

File Type:

EXE

Memory Resident:

No

Initial Samples Received Date:

19 Aug 2013

Arrival Details

This worm arrives by connecting affected removable drives to a system.

Installation

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

  • %Windows%\New Folder(2).exe

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

Autostart Technique

This worm drops the following file(s) in the Windows User Startup folder to enable its automatic execution at every system startup:

  • %User Startup%\New Folder(2).exe

(Note: %User Startup% is the current user's Startup folder, which is usually C:\Windows\Profiles\{user name}\Start Menu\Programs\Startup on Windows 98 and ME, C:\WINNT\Profiles\{user name}\Start Menu\Programs\Startup on Windows NT, and C:\Documents and Settings\{User name}\Start Menu\Programs\Startup.)

Propagation

This worm drops the following copy of itself in all physical and removable drives:

  • New Folder(2).exe