W32/Brontok-W

Category: Viruses and Spyware Protection available since:20 Feb 2006 00:00:00 (GMT)
Type: Win32 executable file virus Last Updated:22 Nov 2010 00:23:34 (GMT)
Prevalence: Small Number of Reports

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W32/Brontok-W is an email worm for the Windows platform.

W32/Brontok-W attempts to send itself to email addresses harvested from the computer. The worm will also attempt to modify various Windows Explorer settings.

When first run W32/Brontok-W copies itself to:

<User>\Local Settings\Application Data\csrss.exe
<User>\Local Settings\Application Data\inetinfo.exe
<User>\Local Settings\Application Data\lsass.exe
<User>\Local Settings\Application Data\services.exe
<User>\Local Settings\Application Data\smss.exe
<User>\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\empty.gif
<Windows>\ShellNew\sempalong.exe
<Windows>\eksplorasi.exe

The following registry entries are created to run W32/Brontok-W on startup:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Tok-Cirrhatus
<User>\Local Settings\Application Data\smss.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Bron-Spizaetus
<Windows>\ShellNew\sempalong.exe

The following registry entry is changed to run eksplorasi.exe on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Shell
Explorer.exe "<Windows>\eksplorasi.exe"

(the default value for this registry entry is "Explorer.exe" which causes the Microsoft file <Windows>\Explorer.exe to be run on startup).

The following registry entry is set, disabling the registry editor (regedit):

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
DisableRegistryTools
1

Registry entries are set as follows:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
NoFolderOptions
1

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
DisableCMD
0

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
Hidden
0

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
HideFileExt
1

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
ShowSuperHidden
0

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