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W32/Wenper-B

Aliases
  • Worm.Win32.Wenper.b
  • W32/Wenper.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 November 2006 (4.11)
Protection available since 23 June 2005 21:47:04 (GMT)
Last updated 5 October 2006 06:15:18 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

W32/Wenper-B is a worm for the Windows platform.

W32/Wenper-B may attempt to copy itself to network shares.

When W32/Wenper-B is run, it create backups of itself at the following locations:

<Windows system folder>\crypto.dll
<Windows system folder>\lcss.exe
<Windows system folder>\net.cpl
<Windows system folder>\wlogon.dll

The following registry entries are created to run code exported by wlogon.dll on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify\wlogon
Impersonate
1

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify\wlogon
Startup
EvWinLogon

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify\wlogon
DLLName
wlogon.dll

The file lcss.exe is registered as a new system driver service named "Lcss" and with a startup type of automatic, so that it is started automatically during system startup. Registry entries are created under:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Lcss\

In particular, the following registry entry is created:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Lcss
ImagePath
<Windows system folder>\lcss.exe

The file crypto.dll is registered as a COM object and ShellExecute hook, creating registry entries under:

HKCR\CLSID\{310DE29C-0AD3-4A43-A2DB-221F1160CACB}\
HKCR\WinCryptography.Encrypt\
HKCR\WinCryptography.Encrypt.1\
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ShellExecuteHooks\{310DE29C-0AD3-4A43-A2DB-221F1160CACB}

In particular, the following registry entry is created:

HKCR\CLSID\{310DE29C-0AD3-4A43-A2DB-221F1160CACB}\InprocServer32
(default)
crypto.dll

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