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W32/Feebs-M

Aliases
  • W32/Feebs.gen!zip
  • Worm.Win32.Feebs.aj
  • WORM_FEEBS.HK
  • W32/Feebs.CE
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
How it spreads
  • Peer-to-peer
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 13 March 2006 20:59:42 (GMT)
Last updated 23 March 2006 13:57:27 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

W32/Feebs-M is a worm for the Windows platform.

W32/Feebs-M spreads via file sharing on P2P networks.

When first run W32/Feebs-M creates the following files:

<Windows system folder>\msoe
<Windows system folder>\msry.exe
<Windows system folder>\msdy32.dll

Each of these files is also detected as W32/Feebs-M.

W32/Feebs-M creates archives with the following names in the shared folders of popular P2P applications:

3dsmax_9_(3D_Studio_Max)_new!_full+crack.zip
ACDSee_9_new!_full+crack.zip
Adobe_Photoshop_10_(CS3)_new!_full+crack.zip
Adobe_Premiere_9_(2.0_pro)_new!_full+crack.zip
Ahead_Nero_8_new!_full+crack.zip
DivX_7.0_new!_full+crack.zip
ICQ_2006_new!_full+crack.zip
Internet_Explorer_7_new!_full+crack.zip
Kazaa_4_new!_full+crack.zip
Longhorn_new!_full+crack.zip
Microsoft_Office_2006_new!_full+crack.zip
winamp_5.2_new!_full+crack.zip

Each of these archives contains the W32/Feebs-M executable and a text file claiming to be a serial number.

The following registry entry is created to run code exported by the worm library on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ ShellServiceObjectDelayLoad
msdy32.dll
{18D587C0-5332-89C5-61AE-0A734D699959}

The file msdy32.dll is registered as a COM object, creating registry entries under:

HKCR\CLSID\{18D587C0-5332-89C5-61AE-0A734D699959}

Registry entries are created under:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSAE\sdat

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