Virus:Worm/Taterf.B.26
Date discovered:12/05/2009
Type:Worm
In the wild:Yes
Reported Infections:Low to medium
Distribution Potential:Low to medium
Damage Potential:Low to medium
Static file:Yes
File size:87.040 Bytes
MD5 checksum:43cd9eb637b63962005daa8757595ea1
IVDF version:7.01.03.186 - Monday, May 11, 2009

 General Method of propagation:
   • Autorun feature


Aliases:
   •  Mcafee: W32/Autorun.worm.cs virus
   •  Panda: W32/Lineage.LHS
   •  Eset: Win32/PSW.OnLineGames.NNU
   •  Bitdefender: Trojan.Generic.IS.433229


Platforms / OS:
   • Windows 2000
   • Windows XP
   • Windows 2003


Side effects:
   • Downloads a malicious file
   • Drops malicious files
   • Lowers security settings
   • Registry modification

 Files It copies itself to the following locations:
   • %drive%\ce.exe
   • %TEMPDIR%\xvassdf.exe



It deletes the initially executed copy of itself.



The following files are created:

– %drive%\autorun.inf This is a non malicious text file with the following content:
   • %code that runs malware%

– %TEMPDIR%\4tddfwq0.dll Further investigation pointed out that this file is malware, too. Detected as: TR/PSW.Frethog.F.8




It tries to download a file:

– The location is the following:
   • http://www.googler0w.com/1rb/**********




It tries to executes the following file:

– Filename:
   • "%PROGRAM FILES%\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"

 Registry One of the following values is added in order to run the process after reboot:

–  [HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
   • "54dfsger" = "%TEMPDIR%\xvassdf.exe"



The following registry keys are changed:

Various Explorer settings:

– [HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
   New value:
   • "Hidden"=dword:0x00000002
   • "ShowSuperHidden"=dword:0x00000000

– [HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
   New value:
   • "NoDriveTypeAutoRun"=dword:0x00000091

– [HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\
   Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL]
   New value:
   • "CheckedValue"=dword:0x00000000

 Injection –  It injects the following file into a process: %TEMPDIR%\4tddfwq0.dll

    Process name:
   • explorer.exe



– It injects itself as a remote thread into a process.

    Process name:
   • iexplore.exe


 File details Runtime packer:
In order to aggravate detection and reduce size of the file it is packed with a runtime packer.

Description inserted by Petre Galan on Thursday, April 8, 2010
Description updated by Petre Galan on Thursday, April 8, 2010

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