W32/Mytob-G

Category: Viruses and Spyware
Type: Win32 worm
Prevalence: No Reports

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W32/Mytob-G is a mass-mailing worm and backdoor Trojan that targets
users of Internet Relay Chat programs. W32/Mytob-G is a mass-mailing worm and backdoor Trojan that targets users of Internet Relay Chat programs.

When first run W32/Mytob-G copies itself to the Windows system folder as tagmr.exe and creates the following registry entries:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\OLE
Windows Tagmsnger
tagmr.exe

HKCU\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
Windows Tagmsnger
tagmr.exe

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Windows Tagmsnger
tagmr.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Ole
Windows Tagmsnger
tagmr.exe

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
Windows Tagmsnger
tagmr.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Windows Tagmsnger
tagmr.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
Windows Tagmsnger
tagmr.exe

W32/Mytob-G copies itself to the root folder as:

funny_pic.scr
my_photo2005.scr
see_this!!.scr

and creates the helper file hellmsn.exe (detected by Sophos as W32/Mytob-D) in the same location.

W32/Mytob-G also appends the following to the HOSTS file to deny access to security related websites:

127.0.0.1 www.symantec.com
127.0.0.1 securityresponse.symantec.com
127.0.0.1 symantec.com
127.0.0.1 www.sophos.com
127.0.0.1 sophos.com
127.0.0.1 www.mcafee.com
127.0.0.1 mcafee.com
127.0.0.1 liveupdate.symantecliveupdate.com
127.0.0.1 www.viruslist.com
127.0.0.1 viruslist.com
127.0.0.1 viruslist.com
127.0.0.1 f-secure.com
127.0.0.1 www.f-secure.com
127.0.0.1 kaspersky.com
127.0.0.1 www.avp.com
127.0.0.1 www.kaspersky.com
127.0.0.1 avp.com
127.0.0.1 www.networkassociates.com
127.0.0.1 networkassociates.com
127.0.0.1 www.ca.com
127.0.0.1 ca.com
127.0.0.1 mast.mcafee.com
127.0.0.1 my-etrust.com
127.0.0.1 www.my-etrust.com
127.0.0.1 download.mcafee.com
127.0.0.1 dispatch.mcafee.com
127.0.0.1 secure.nai.com
127.0.0.1 nai.com
127.0.0.1 www.nai.com
127.0.0.1 update.symantec.com
127.0.0.1 updates.symantec.com
127.0.0.1 us.mcafee.com
127.0.0.1 liveupdate.symantec.com
127.0.0.1 customer.symantec.com
127.0.0.1 rads.mcafee.com
127.0.0.1 trendmicro.com
127.0.0.1 www.microsoft.com
127.0.0.1 www.trendmicro.com

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