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| How it spreads |
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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
| Characteristics |
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| Protection available since | 12 April 2007 18:54:32 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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W32/Dref-AH is an email worm for the Windows platform.
W32/Dref-AH tries to send itself in an email with the following characteristics:
Attachment filename (one of the following):
Flash Postcard.exe
flash postcard.exe
greeting card.exe
Greeting Card.exe
Greeting Postcard.exe
greeting postcard.exe
Love Card.exe
Love Postcard.exe
My Love.exe
postcard.exe
Postcard.exe
With Love.exe
Subject line (one of the following):
A Dream is a Wish
A Is For Attitude
A Kiss So Gentle
A Precious Gift
A Rose
A Rose for My Love
A Toast My Love
A Token of My Love
Come Dance with Me
Come Relax with Me
Destiny
Dream of You
Eternal Love
Eternity of Your Love
Falling In Love with You
For You....My Love
Heavenly Love
Hugging My Pillow
I am Complete
I Dream of you
I Love Thee
I Love You Because
I Love You Soo Much
I Love You with All I Am
I Would Dream
If Loving You
In Your Arms
Inside My Heart
Kisses Through E-mail
Last Night
ll Be Your Bride
Love Is...
Love Remains
m With You
Magic Power Of Love
Memories of You
Miracle of Love
My Love
Our Journey
Our Love is Free
Our Love is Strong
Our Love Nest
Our Love Will Last
Pages from My Heart
Path We Share
re in my Soul
re In My Thoughts
re my Dream
re the One
Sending You All My Love
Sending You My Love
Sent with Love
Special Romance
Surrounded by Love
The Dance of Love
The Miracle of Love
The Mood for Love
The Moon & Stars
The Time for Love
When Love Comes Knocking
When You Fall in Love
Why I Love You
Words in my Heart
Wrapped in Your Arms
You... In My Dreams
Your Friend and Lover
Your Love Has Opened
W32/Dref-AH harvests email addresses from the infected computer and attempts to send itself to them, though due to a bug in the code will usually send a file detected as W32/Dref-Dam.
W32/Dref-AH tries to send itself in an email with the following characteristics:
Attachment filename (one of the following):
Flash Postcard.exe
flash postcard.exe
greeting card.exe
Greeting Card.exe
Greeting Postcard.exe
greeting postcard.exe
Love Card.exe
Love Postcard.exe
My Love.exe
postcard.exe
Postcard.exe
With Love.exe
Subject line (one of the following):
A Dream is a Wish
A Is For Attitude
A Kiss So Gentle
A Precious Gift
A Rose
A Rose for My Love
A Toast My Love
A Token of My Love
Come Dance with Me
Come Relax with Me
Destiny
Dream of You
Eternal Love
Eternity of Your Love
Falling In Love with You
For You....My Love
Heavenly Love
Hugging My Pillow
I am Complete
I Dream of you
I Love Thee
I Love You Because
I Love You Soo Much
I Love You with All I Am
I Would Dream
If Loving You
In Your Arms
Inside My Heart
Kisses Through E-mail
Last Night
ll Be Your Bride
Love Is...
Love Remains
m With You
Magic Power Of Love
Memories of You
Miracle of Love
My Love
Our Journey
Our Love is Free
Our Love is Strong
Our Love Nest
Our Love Will Last
Pages from My Heart
Path We Share
re in my Soul
re In My Thoughts
re my Dream
re the One
Sending You All My Love
Sending You My Love
Sent with Love
Special Romance
Surrounded by Love
The Dance of Love
The Miracle of Love
The Mood for Love
The Moon & Stars
The Time for Love
When Love Comes Knocking
When You Fall in Love
Why I Love You
Words in my Heart
Wrapped in Your Arms
You... In My Dreams
Your Friend and Lover
Your Love Has Opened
When W32/Dref-AH is installed the following files are created:
<Current Folder>\<random characters>.exe
<System>\wincom32.ini
<System>\wincom32.sys
The file wincom32.sys is detected as Troj/Dorf-Fam and the file <random characters>.exe is detected as W32/Dref-AB. The file wincom.ini is not malicious and can safely be deleted manually.
W32/Dref-AH deletes the following registry entry to stop the file referenced from running on startup:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
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W32/Dref-AH sets the following registry entry, disabling the automatic startup of the SharedAccess service:
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess
Start
4
Note: disabling autostart for the SharedAccess service deactivates the Microsoft Internet Connection Firewall (ICF).
W32/Dref-AH terminates processes certain processes and windows related to security and anti-virus applications, including windows names "Registry Editor".

