WORM_CMDLOH.AA

This worm arrives via peer-to-peer (P2P) shares. It arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

It connects to certain websites to send and receive information.

Arrival Details

This worm arrives via peer-to-peer (P2P) shares.

It arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

Installation

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

• %System%\wcynsvc.exe

(Note: %System% is the Windows system folder, which is usually C:\Windows\System on Windows 98 and ME, C:\WINNT\System32 on Windows NT and 2000, or C:\Windows\System32 on Windows XP and Server 2003.)

Autostart Technique

This worm registers itself as a system service to ensure its automatic execution at every system startup by adding the following registry entries:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\
Services\Wnetwisk
ImagePath = "%System%\wcynsvc.exe"

Other Details

This worm connects to the following website to send and receive information:

• {BLOCKED}ng55.{BLOCKED}2.org
• {BLOCKED}ng33.{BLOCKED}p.net