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W32/Stratio-AN

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
How it spreads
  • Email attachments
Affected operating systems Windows
Protection available since 25 September 2006 08:09:54 (GMT)
Last updated 27 September 2006 00:57:29 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

W32/Stratio-AN is a mass-mailing worm for the Windows platform.

Subject line:
Mail server report.

Message text:
Mail server report.

Our firewall determined the e-mails containing worm copies are being sent from your computer.

Nowadays it happens from many computers, because this is a new virus type (Network Worms).

Using the new bug in the Windows, these viruses infect the computer unnoticeably.
After the penetrating into the computer the virus harvests all the e-mail addresses and sends the copies of itself to these e-mail
addresses

Please install updates for worm elimination and your computer restoring.

Best regards,
Customers support service

Attached file:
Update-KB7859-x86.exe inside Update-KB7859-x86.zip

or

Subject lines include:
hello
Status
Server Report
picture
test

no message text

Attached files include:
doc.elm.pif inside doc.zip
message.msg.exe inside message.zip
readme.log.bat inside readme.zip
body.elm.pif inside body.zip
message.txt.pif inside message.zip
message.log.pif inside message.zip W32/Stratio-AN is a mass-mailing worm for the Windows platform.

Subject line:
Mail server report.

Message text:
Mail server report.

Our firewall determined the e-mails containing worm copies are being sent from your computer.

Nowadays it happens from many computers, because this is a new virus type (Network Worms).

Using the new bug in the Windows, these viruses infect the computer unnoticeably.
After the penetrating into the computer the virus harvests all the e-mail addresses and sends the copies of itself to these e-mail
addresses

Please install updates for worm elimination and your computer restoring.

Best regards,
Customers support service

Attached file:
Update-KB7859-x86.exe inside Update-KB7859-x86.zip

or

Subject lines include:
hello
Status
Server Report
picture
test

no message text

Attached files include:
doc.elm.pif inside doc.zip
message.msg.exe inside message.zip
readme.log.bat inside readme.zip
body.elm.pif inside body.zip
message.txt.pif inside message.zip
message.log.pif inside message.zip

When run, W32/Stratio-AN copies itself to <Windows>\t2serv.exe.

W32/Stratio-AN sets the following registry entry:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
t2serv
<Windows>\t2serv.exe

W32/Stratio-AN disables the Service named "wuaserv".

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