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W32/Nafbot-B

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
How it spreads
  • Removable storage devices
  • Peer-to-peer
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 12 July 2007 06:05:48 (GMT)
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More Information

W32/Nafbot-B is a worm for the Windows platform.

W32/Nafbot-B spreads via Peer-to-Peer file sharing services and removable floppy drives.

When first run W32/Nafbot-B copies itself to:

<Windows>\services.exe
<System>\DRIVERS32.com
<Windows>\temper\services.exe

and creates the following files:

<Root>\fsnapa.snp
<Root>\rsnapa.snp
<Windows>\ousr32.dll

These files may be safely deleted.

W32/Nafbot-B creates a number of registry entries in order to start itself on startup.

W32/Nafbot-B changes settings for Microsoft Internet Explorer by modifying values under:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Start Page

Registry entries are set as follows:

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

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

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

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

Registry entries are created under:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Dark_syde_fish

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