NetSky.T worm was discovered on April 6th, 2004. This variant is very close to the Netsky.S variant. Like the .S variant, it has a limited set of features. The worm spreads in emails, but does not spread to local network and P2P and does not uninstall Bagle worm. The worm has a backdoor that listens on port 6789.
Based on the settings of your F-Secure security product, it will either move the file to the quarantine where it cannot spread or cause harm, or remove it.
A False Positive is when a file is incorrectly detected as harmful, usually because its code or behavior resembles known harmful programs. A False Positive will usually be fixed in a subsequent database update without any action needed on your part. If you wish, you may also:
Check for the latest database updates
First check if your F-Secure security program is using the latest updates, then try scanning the file again.
Submit a sample
After checking, if you still believe the file is incorrectly detected, you can submit a sample of it for re-analysis.
Note: If the file was moved to quarantine, you need to collect the file from quarantine before you can submit it.
Exclude a file from further scanning
If you are certain that the file is safe and want to continue using it, you can exclude it from further scanning by the F-Secure security product.
Note: You need administrative rights to change the settings.
The worm's file is a PE executable 18432 bytes long packed with PE-Patch and UPX file compressors. Some of the worm's text strings are encrypted.
Upon execution NetSky.T copies itself as EastAV.exe file to Windows folder and adds a startup key for this file into System Registry:
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] "EasyAV" = "%WinDir%\EasyAV.exe"
where %WinDir% represents Windows folder name.
Additionally the worm drops the uinmzertinmds.opm file in Windows folder. This file contains the MIME-encoded copy of the worm's executable that will be sent in emails.
The worm always has 2 of its processes in Windows memory. If one process gets killed, the remaining one restarts it. The worm also protects its file and startup key in the Registry from being deleted. All the above makes manual disinfection a challenging task.
Before spreading in email the worm collects email addresses. It scans all files on all drives from C: to Z: except CD-ROM drives. If any file with the following extensions is found, the worm opens it and searches for email addresses there:
.eml .txt .php .cfg .mbx .mdx .asp .wab .doc .vbs .rtf .uin .shtm .cgi .dhtm .adb .tbb .dbx .pl .htm .html .sht .oft .msg .ods .stm .xls .jsp .wsh .xml .mht .mmf .nch .ppt
The worm spreads itself in emails It sends messages with different subject lines, body text and attachment names. Here's the list of subjects that the worm uses:
Hi Hello Re: Hi Re: Hello Approved Re: Approved Thank you! Re: Thanks you! Request Re: Request Your document Re: Your document Your details Re: Your details Your information Re: Your information My details Re: My details Important Re: Important
The message body is composed from 3 different string arrays:
Array1:
Hi! Hello! Hello!
Array2:
Please read the. Please have a look at the . Here is the . The is attached. Please see the . I have sent the . The requested is attached! Here is the document. See the document for details. Please have a look at the attached document. Please read the attached document. Your file is attached to this mail. Please, . Your is attached. My is attached. I have found the . Approved, here is the document. For more information see the attached document. For more details see the attached document. Please read quickly. Please notice the attached document. Please notice the attached . Your . I have spent much time for your document. I have spent much time for the . The . My . Note that I have attached your document.
Array3:
Please read the . Please have a look at the . Here is the . The is attached. Please see the . I have sent the . The requested is attached! Here is the document. See the document for details. Please have a look at the attached document. Please read the attached document. Your file is attached to this mail. Please, . Your is attached. My is attached. I have found the . Approved, here is the document. For more information see the attached document. For more details see the attached document. Please read quickly. Please notice the attached document. Please notice the attached . Your . I have spent much time for your document. I have spent much time for the . The . My . Note that I have attached your document.
The attachment name is selected and the <string> value for the message body is selected from the following variants:
Please read the . Please have a look at the . Here is the . The is attached. Please see the . I have sent the . The requested is attached! Here is the document. See the document for details. Please have a look at the attached document. Please read the attached document. Your file is attached to this mail. Please, . Your is attached. My is attached. I have found the . Approved, here is the document. For more information see the attached document. For more details see the attached document. Please read quickly. Please notice the attached document. Please notice the attached . Your . I have spent much time for your document. I have spent much time for the . The . My . Note that I have attached your document.
The infected attachment has .PIF extension and can also contain random numbers in its name. The worm does not spread itself from 13th to 17th of April 2004.
The worm has a backdoor that listens on TCP port 6789. It allows to download and execute files on an infected computer.
Netsky.T has a payload. It performs a DoS (Denial of Service) attack on the following websites from 14th to 23rd of April 2004:
Please read the . Please have a look at the . Here is the . The is attached. Please see the . I have sent the . The requested is attached! Here is the document. See the document for details. Please have a look at the attached document. Please read the attached document. Your file is attached to this mail. Please, . Your is attached. My is attached. I have found the . Approved, here is the document. For more information see the attached document. For more details see the attached document. Please read quickly. Please notice the attached document. Please notice the attached . Your . I have spent much time for your document. I have spent much time for the . The . My . Note that I have attached your document.
This worm variant also contains a message from the author of the worm. Bagle is not mentioned there and taking into account that Netsky doesn't uninstall Bagle any longer, we consider the war to be over (at least for now).