W32/LegMir-AD

Category: Viruses and Spyware
Type: Win32 worm
Prevalence: Small Number of Reports

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W32/LegMir-AD is a network worm with password stealing functionality.

W32/LegMir-AD tries to copy itself to all logical drives connected to the computer as folder.exe.

W32/LegMir-AD steals password information and emails it to a preconfigured email address.

The worm may also create a keylogger DLL that is detected by Sophos as Troj/Legmir-E. W32/LegMir-AD is a network worm with password stealing functionality.

W32/LegMir-AD copies itself to:

\folder.exe
%WINDOWS%\~aTNr.exe
%WINDOWS%\cih.exe
%WINDOWS%\hh.exe
%WINDOWS%\intrenat.exe
%WINDOWS%\notepad.exe
%WINDOWS%\winhlp32.exe
%SYSTEM%\cih.exe
%SYSTEM%\lc_res.exe
%SYSTEM%\Winsocks.dll

The files notepad.exe and hh.exe are first copied to the files Note.dll and hh.dll respectively before they are overwritten with a copy of the worm.

W32/LegMir-AD tries to copy itself to all logical drives connected to the computer as folder.exe.

W32/LegMir-AD creates the following registry entries to ensure it is run at system logon:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Intrenat
%WINDOWS%\intrenat.exe

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
Intrenat
%WINDOWS%\intrenat.exe

W32/LegMir-AD creates the file AUTORUN.INF in the root folder which can be deleted.

W32/LegMir-AD steals password information and emails it to a preconfigured email address.

The worm may also create a keylogger DLL that is detected by Sophos as Troj/Legmir-E.

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