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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 | December 2006 (4.12) |
| Protection available since | 20 October 2006 04:14:36 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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Please follow the instructions for removing worms.
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W32/Stratio-AY is a mass-mailing worm for the Windows platform.
When run the worm will attempt to download components from a remote website which it will then run. W32/Stratio-AY is a mass-mailing worm for the Windows platform.
When run the worm will attempt to download components from a remote website which it will then run.
W32/Stratio-AY creates the following files:
<Windows>\sserrvv.wax(Can be removed safely)
<System>\e1.dll
<Windows>\sserrvv.exe
The following registry entry is created to run the worm on startup:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
sserrvv
<Windows>\sserrvv.exe s
The following registry entry is set:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows
AppInit_DLLs
e1.dll
The emails may have the following subject line:
Mail server report.
Server Report
test
Error
hello
picture
Mail Transaction Failed
Status
Mail Delivery System
Good day
The message body may have the following 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
The message contains Unicode characters and has been sent
as a binary attachment.
Mail transaction failed. Partial message is available.
The message cannot be represented in 7-bit ASCII encoding and has been sent as a binary attachment.
The attachments may have the following filenames with the extensions of .zip, .cmd, .exe, .pif, .bat, .elm, .pdf:
Update-KB<random 4 numbers>-x86
body
data
docs
file
docs
body
message
test
document
test
test
file
readme
