I-Worm.Bagle.as spreads via the Internet as an attachment to infected messages.
It sends itself to all email addresses harvested from the victim computer. It contains a
backdoor function.
The worm itself is a PE EXE file, 18758 bytes or greater in size.
Installation
Once launched, the worm copies itself to the Windows system directory
under a variety of names:
Example:
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\bawindo.exe
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\bawindo.exeopen
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\bawindo.exeopenopen
It then registers the appropriate file in the system registry:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
bawindo = %system%\bawindo.exe
This ensures that the worm will launch each time the system is rebooted.
Propagation via email
The worm searches for files with the following extensions:
adb
asp
cfg
cgi
dbx
dhtm
eml
htm
jsp
mbx
|
mdx
mht
mmf
msg
nch
ods
oft
php
pl
sht
|
shtm
stm
tbb
txt
uin
wab
wsh
xls
xml
|
and sends itself to all email addresses harvested from these files. It
establishes a direct connection to the recipient's SMTP server in order to send messages.
Infected messages:
Sender's address:
Random
Message header:
Re:
Re: Hello
Re: Hi
Re: Thank you!
Re: Thanks :)
Attachment name:
Joke
Price
price
with one of the following extensions:
com
cpl
exe
scr
Propagation via P2P
The worm creates copies of itself in all subdirectories which contain the
word 'Share' in their names. The copies are saved under names chosen from the following list:
ACDSee 9.exe
Adobe Photoshop 9 full.exe
Ahead Nero 7.exe
Kaspersky Antivirus 5.0
KAV 5.0
Matrix 3 Revolution English Subtitles.exe
Microsoft Office 2003 Crack, Working!.exe
Microsoft Office XP working Crack, Keygen.exe
Microsoft Windows XP, WinXP Crack, working Keygen.exe
Opera 8 New!.exe
Porno pics arhive, xxx.exe
Porno Screensaver.scr
Porno, sex, oral, anal cool, awesome!!.exe
Serials.txt.exe
WinAmp 5 Pro Keygen Crack Update.exe
WinAmp 6 New!.exe
Windown Longhorn Beta Leak.exe
Windows Sourcecode update.doc.exe
XXX hardcore images.exe
Remote administration
The worm opens and tracks activity on TCP and UDP port 81 in order to
receive commands.
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