From; Sophos Alert System: Name: W32/Spybot-TA Type: Win32 worm Date: 14 May 2004 A virus identity (IDE) file which provides protection is available now from the Sophos website, and will be incorporated into the June 2004 (3.82) release of Sophos Anti-Virus. Customers using Enterprise Manager, PureMessage and any of the Sophos small business solutions will be automatically protected at their next scheduled update. At the time of writing, Sophos has received just one report of this worm from the wild. Information about W32/Spybot-TA can be found at: http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32spybotta.html Description W32/Spybot-TA is a peer-to-peer (P2P) worm with backdoor Trojan functionality. W32/Spybot-TA attempts to move itself to AUTOSCRLL.EXE in the Windows System folder and creates entries in the registry at the following locations to run itself on system restart: HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\ Auto Scroll Loader = AUTOSCRLL.EXE HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\ Auto Scroll Loader = AUTOSCRLL.EXE W32/Spybot-TA copies itself to a folder called KAZAABACKUPFILES in the Windows System folder with the following filenames: AVP_Crack.exe AquaNox2 Crack.exe Battlefield1942_bloodpatch.exe C&C Generals_crack.exe FIFA2003 crack.exe NBA2003_crack.exe Porn.exe UT2003_bloodpatch.exe Unreal2_bloodpatch.exe zoneallarm_pro_crack.exe W32/Spybot-TA then sets the following registry entry to enable sharing of these files with KaZaA: HKCU\Software\Kazaa\LocalContent\ Dir0 = 012345:C:\<Windows System>\kazaabackupfiles\ W32/Spybot-TA also attempts to copy itself to the startup folder of attached network drives and can be used to record the keystrokes on the compromised machine, effectively acting as a keylogger. This worm can also be used to initiate SYNFlood attacks. W32/Spybot-TA remains resident, running in the background as a service process and listening for commands from remote users via IRC channels. W32/Spybot-TA attempts to terminate various monitoring programs including the following: 'NETSTAT.EXE' 'TASKMGR.EXE' 'MSCONFIG.EXE' 'REGEDIT.EXE'. Recovery Please follow the instructions for removing worms This IDE file also includes detection for: Troj/Sepuc-A http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojsepuca.html Troj/Small-IJ http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojsmallij.html Troj/StartPa-BN http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojstartpabn.html Troj/AdClick-F http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojadclickf.html W32/Agobot-QB http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32agobotqb.html W32/Agobot-YX http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32agobotyx.html Troj/Krepper-J http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojkrepperj.html Troj/StartPa-AI http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojstartpaai.html W32/Sdbot-II http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32sdbotii.html Download the IDE file from: http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/spybotta.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 *********** MIKE"S REPLY SEPARATOR *********** Mike ~ It is a good day if I learned something new. Editor MikesWhatsNews see a sample on my web page http://www3.telus.net/mikebike <mikeswhatsnews-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=subscribe> http://www3.telus.net/mikebike/worm_removal.htm See my Anti-Virus pages http://virusinfo.hackfix.org/index <virusinfo-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=subscribe> A Technical Support Alliance and OWTA Charter Member
