[virusinfo] W32/Mytob-D
- From: "Mike" <mikebike@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: virusinfo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 20:20:12 -0800
From; Sophos Alert System:
Name: W32/Mytob-D
Type: Win32 worm
Date: 25 March 2005
A virus identity (IDE) file which provides protection is
available now from the Sophos website, and will be incorporated
into the May 2005 (3.93) release of Sophos Anti-Virus.
Customers using EM Library, PureMessage or any of our Sophos
small business solutions will be automatically protected at
their next scheduled update.
At the time of writing, Sophos has received a small number of
reports of this worm from the wild.
Information about W32/Mytob-D can be found at:
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32mytobd.html
W32/Mytob-D is a mass-mailing worm and backdoor Trojan that targets users of
Internet Relay Chat programs.
When first run W32/Mytob-D copies itself to the Windows system folder as
msgmr.exe and creates the following registry entries:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\OLE
Win TaskLoader
msgmr.exe
HKCU\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
Win TaskLoader
msgmr.exe
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Win TaskLoader
msgmr.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Ole
Win TaskLoader
msgmr.exe
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
Win TaskLoader
msgmr.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Win TaskLoader
msgmr.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
Win TaskLoader
msgmr.exe
W32/Mytob-D also copies itself to the root folder as:
funny_pic.scr
my_photo2005.scr
see_this!!.scr
hellmsn.exe
Download the IDE file from:
http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/mytob-d.ide
Download all the IDE files available for the current version of
Sophos Anti-Virus in a single compressed file. The file is
available in two formats:
Zip file:
http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/ides.zip
Self-extracting file:
http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/ides.exe
Read about how to use IDE files at
http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/using.html
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