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| How it spreads |
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|---|---|
| Affected operating systems | Windows |
| Characteristics |
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| Included in our products from | June 2006 (4.06) |
| Protection available since | 14 April 2006 10:59:24 (GMT) |
| Last updated | 24 April 2006 06:57:37 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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W32/Bagle-GN is a mass-mailing worm for the Windows platform.
Messages sent by the worm will have the following characteristics:
Subject: chosen randomly from
=?koi8-r?Q?=F0=D2=C9=D7=C5=D4=2C=CB=C1=CB=C9=C5_ =CE=CF=D7=CF=D3=D4=C9=3F?=
=?koi8-r?Q?=F4=D9_=D3=C5=C7=CF=C4=CE=D1_=CB=CF_ =CD=CE=C5_=D0=D2=C9=C5=C4?=
=?koi8-r?Q?=C5=DB=D8=3F?=
=?koi8-r?Q?=F1_=D4=C5=C2=D1_=D3=C5=C7=CF=C4=CE=D1_ =D7=C9=C4=C5=CC=C1?=
Message text: non-Latin characters
Attachment name: chosen randomly from
new.cab
me.cab
you.cab
cool.cab
Re.cab
The attachment is a CAB archive containing a file with a random name and one of the following double extensions:
.cab .cpl
.doc .cpl
.txt .cpl
.avi .cpl
.mpeg .cpl
This file is also detected as W32/Bagle-GN.
Note: W32/Bagle-GN is currently a low threat. To enable detection of the CAB file Sophos recommends adding CAB to the extensions list in Sophos Anti-Virus. It is not necesary to enable archive scanning to detect the cab file. W32/Bagle-GN is a mass-mailing worm for the Windows platform.
Messages sent by the worm will have the following characteristics:
Subject: chosen randomly from
=?koi8-r?Q?=F0=D2=C9=D7=C5=D4=2C=CB=C1=CB=C9=C5_ =CE=CF=D7=CF=D3=D4=C9=3F?=
=?koi8-r?Q?=F4=D9_=D3=C5=C7=CF=C4=CE=D1_=CB=CF_ =CD=CE=C5_=D0=D2=C9=C5=C4?=
=?koi8-r?Q?=C5=DB=D8=3F?=
=?koi8-r?Q?=F1_=D4=C5=C2=D1_=D3=C5=C7=CF=C4=CE=D1_ =D7=C9=C4=C5=CC=C1?=
Message text: non-Latin characters
Attachment name: chosen randomly from
new.cab
me.cab
you.cab
cool.cab
Re.cab
The attachment is a CAB archive containing a file with a random name and one of the following double extensions:
.cab .cpl
.doc .cpl
.txt .cpl
.avi .cpl
.mpeg .cpl
This file is also detected as W32/Bagle-GN.
When first run W32/Bagle-GN copies itself to
The following registry entry is changed to run W32/Bagle-GN on startup:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\explorer.exe
Debugger
W32/Bagle-GN creates registry entries for its own use beneath
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Devices
W32/Bagle-GN contains functionality to download and install updated versions of itself from preconfigured URLs.
Note: W32/Bagle-GN is currently a low threat. To enable detection of the CAB file Sophos recommends adding CAB to the extensions list in Sophos Anti-Virus. It is not necesary to enable archive scanning to detect the cab file.
