Virus:Worm/Taterf.DM.1
Date discovered:09/05/2010
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:111.616 Bytes
MD5 checksum:f3093265af5193df85807c3b3927199c
IVDF version:7.10.07.67 - Sunday, May 9, 2010

 General Method of propagation:
   • Autorun feature


Aliases:
   •  Sophos: W32/Taterf-O
   •  Bitdefender: Trojan.Onlinegames.1172
   •  Panda: W32/Lineage.LLS
   •  Eset: Win32/PSW.OnLineGames.OUM


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


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

 Files It copies itself to the following locations:
   • %TEMPDIR%\nodqq.exe
   • %drive%\i8ikdjwt.exe



It deletes the initially executed copy of itself.



It deletes the following files:
   • %TEMPDIR%\nodqq0.dll
   • %TEMPDIR%\am.exe
   • %TEMPDIR%\am1.rar



The following files are created:

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

– %TEMPDIR%\am.exe
– %temporary internet files%\am1[1].rar
– %TEMPDIR%\dsoqq.exe
– %TEMPDIR%\nodqq0.dll Further investigation pointed out that this file is malware, too. Detected as: TR/PSW.Magania.dfdm

– %temporary internet files%\am[1].rar
– %TEMPDIR%\dsoqq0.dll
– %TEMPDIR%\am1.rar



It tries to download some files:

– The location is the following:
   • http://www.googleclg.com/1mg/**********


– The location is the following:
   • http://www.googlewdx.com/1mg/**********




It tries to executes the following files:

– Filename:
   • "%PROGRAM FILES%\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE"


– Filename:
   • "%TEMPDIR%\am.exe"

 Registry The following registry key is added in order to run the process after reboot:

– [HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
   • "dso32"="%TEMPDIR%\dsoqq.exe"
   • "nod32"="%TEMPDIR%\nodqq.exe"



The following registry key is added:

– [HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\MADOWN]
   • "urlinfo"="dswxdsh.x"



The following registry keys are changed:

– [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%\nodqq0.dll

    Process name:
   • explorer.exe



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

    Process name:
   • iexplore.exe



–  It injects the following file into a process: %TEMPDIR%\dsoqq0.dll

    Process name:
   • explorer.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 Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Description updated by Petre Galan on Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Back . . . .