Sophos

W32/Bagle-CL

Aliases
  • WORM_BAGLE.CL
  • W32/Bagle.do@MM
  • W32/Bagle.DX@mm
  • Email-Worm.Win32.Bagle.fj
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
How it spreads
  • Email attachments
  • Web downloads
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from March 2006 (4.03)
Protection available since 3 February 2006 23:06:59 (GMT)
Last updated 7 February 2006 15:06:38 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

W32/Bagle-CL is a worm for the Windows platform.

W32/Bagle-CL attempts to remove services, processes, files and registry entries associated with anti-virus and security software.

When run, W32/Bagle-CL copies itself to the Windows system folder as sysformat.exe and creates the following registry entry in order to run each time a user logs on:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
sysformat
"<Windows system folder>\sysformat.exe"

The following registry entries may also be set:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Params
FirstRun
dword:00000001

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess
Start
dword:00000004

W32/Bagle-CL attempts to download and install a file from several remote sites.

The worm harvests email addresses from files on the infected computer. Email sent by W32/Bagle-CL may have the following properties:

Subject line:
Is delivered mail
Registration is accepted
Delivery Service mail
You are made active

Message text:
Before use read the help
Thanks for use of our software.

Mail sent by W32/Bagle-CL contains a randomly named ZIP file containing a randomly named file with the EXE file extension. The ZIP file may contain a second file with random name and no file extension. Sophos's anti-virus products detect the ZIP file as W32/Bagle-ZIP and the contained EXE file as W32/Bagle-CL.

The TO and FROM addresses in each generated message are chosen from the harvested list of addresses.

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