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W32/Anig-C

Aliases
  • W32.HLLW.Anig
  • W32/Anig.worm.gen
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
How it spreads
  • Network shares
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from February 2005 (3.90)
Protection available since 9 December 2004 05:01:16 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

W32/Anig-C is a worm that can spread by copying itself over network shares.

W32/Anig-C can also be used to steal passwords.

W32/Anig-C attempts to spread by copying itself to the share ADMIN$ on remote computers.

W32/Anig-C may drop a DLL file with keylogging functionality called GinaDLL.DLL and open port 5190 in order to receive remote commands. W32/Anig-C is a worm that can spread by copying itself over network shares.

W32/Anig-C can also be used to steal passwords.

W32/Anig-C copies itself to <Windows>\System32 using its original filename and creates the following registry entry in order to run on system restart:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Osa32

W32/Anig-C attempts to spread by copying itself to the share ADMIN$ on remote computers.

W32/Anig-C may drop a DLL file with keylogging functionality called GinaDLL.DLL and open port 5190 in order to receive remote commands.

On NT based versions of Windows, W32/Anig-C registers itself as a service called <filename> with the display name Distributed File Controller. The new service has a Startup type of automatic so that the service is started automatically each time a new Windows session is started. New registry entries are created beneath the following registry entry:

HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\dfcsvc

W32/Anig-C may also create the following registry entry:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
GinaDll
ntgina.dll

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