Virus ID from Vickie Smith

["dixie midnight" <dixiemidnight@hotmail.com>]

Vickie Smith's machine, or at least her attachment, is infected with the 
W32BadTrans@MM virus.  Do NOT open the attachments.

If you did, here's the poop from McAfee's Virus gods:

Virus Characteristics
This mass mailing worm attempts to send itself using Microsoft Outlook by 
replying to unread email messages. It also drops a remote access trojan 
(detected as Backdoor-NK.svr with the 4134 DATs; detected heuristically as 
New Backdoor prior to the 4134 DAT release).
When run, the worm displays a message box entitled, "Install error" which 
reads, "File data corrupt: probably due to a bad data transmission or bad 
disk access." A copy is saved into the WINDOWS directory as INETD.EXE and an 
entry is entered into the WIN.INI file to run INETD.EXE at startup. 
KERN32.EXE (a backdoor trojan), and HKSDLL.DLL (a valid keylogger DLL) are 
written to the WINDOWS SYSTEM directory, and a registry entry is created to 
load the trojan upon system startup.

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
RunOnce\kernel32=kern32.exe

Note: Under WinNT/2K, an additional registry key value is entered instead of 
a WIN.INI entry:

HKEY_USERS\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\
CurrentVersion\Windows\RUN=%WinDir%\INETD.EXE

Once running, the trojan attempts to mail the victim's IP Address to the 
author. Once this information is obtained, the author can connect to the 
infected system via the Internet and steal personal information such as 
usernames, and passwords. In addition, the trojan also contains a keylogger 
program which is capable of capturing other vital information such as credit 
card and bank account numbers and passwords.

The next time Windows is loaded, the worm attempts to email itself by 
replying to unread messages in Microsoft Outlook folders. The worm will be 
attached to these messages using one of the following filenames (note that 
some of these filenames are also associated with other threats, such as 
W95/MTX.gen@M):

Card.pif
docs.scr
fun.pif
hamster.ZIP.scr
Humor.TXT.pif
images.pif
New_Napster_Site.DOC.scr
news_doc.scr
Me_nude.AVI.pif
Pics.ZIP.scr
README.TXT.pif
s3msong.MP3.pif
searchURL.scr
SETUP.pif
Sorry_about_yesterday.DOC.pif
YOU_are_FAT!.TXT.pif

The message body may contain the text:
Take a look to the attachment.

AVERT first received an intended version of this worm (10,623 bytes) on 
April 11 from a company in New Zealand. The file size of that sample is

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Indications Of Infection
- Presence of the file %WinDir%\INETD.EXE
- Presence of the file %SysDir%\KERN32.EXE
- Email correspondence noting that you've sent them an attachment when you 
did not.

Method Of Infection
This worm utilizes MAPI messaging to mail itself to regular email 
correspondence. It will arrive as an attachment that is 13,312 bytes in 
length and uses one of the following names (note that some of these 
filenames are also associated with other threats, such as W95/MTX.gen@M):

Card.pif
docs.scr
fun.pif
hamster.ZIP.scr
Humor.TXT.pif
images.pif
New_Napster_Site.DOC.scr
news_doc.scr
Me_nude.AVI.pif
Pics.ZIP.scr
README.TXT.pif
s3msong.MP3.pif
searchURL.scr
SETUP.pif
Sorry_about_yesterday.DOC.pif
YOU_are_FAT!.TXT.pif

The message body may contain the text:
Take a look to the attachment.

Removal Instructions
Use specified engine and DAT files for detection and removal.

Manual Removal Instructions


Delete the registry keys as mentioned
Restart the computer
Delete the files mentioned
Windows ME Info:
NOTE: Windows ME utilizes a backup utility that backs up selected files 
automatically to the C:\_Restore folder. This means that an infected file 
could be stored there as a backup file, and VirusScan will be unable to 
delete these files. These instructions explain how to remove the infected 
files from the C:\_Restore folder.

Disabling the Restore Utility

1. Right click the My Computer icon on the Desktop.
2. Click on the Performance Tab.
3. Click on the File System button.
4. Click on the Troubleshooting Tab.
5. Put a check mark next to "Disable System Restore".
6. Click the Apply button.
7. Click the Close button.
8. Click the Close button again.
9. You will be prompted to restart the computer. Click Yes.
NOTE: The Restore Utility will now be disabled.
10. Restart the computer in Safe Mode.
11. Run a scan with VirusScan to delete all infected files, or browse the 
the file's located in the C:\_Restore folder and remove the file's.
12. After removing the desired files, restart the computer normally.
NOTE: To re-enable the Restore Utility, follow steps 1-9 and on step 5 
remove the check mark next to "Disable System Restore". The infected file's 
are removed and the System Restore is once again active.


Virus Information
Discovery Date: 4/11/01
Origin: Unknown
Length: 13,312
Type: Virus
SubType: Internet Worm
Risk Assessment: Medium


Aliases
Backdoor-NK.svr , BadTrans (F-Secure), I-Worm.Badtrans (AVP), 
W32.Badtrans.13312@mm (NAV)



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