Beglur is a mass-mailer that spreads as an attachment to emails mentioning Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin Laden. The worm uses IFrame exploit to automatically start its attachments on recipients' computers.
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 Windows PE executable 8774 bytes long packed with UPX file compressor. The unpacked file size is about 27 kilobytes.
When the worm's file is started, it copies itself to Windows System folder as BGLR32.EXE and modifies SHELL= variable in SYSTEM.INI file or System Registry (depending on Windows version) to be always run with Windows.
Then the worm starts to scan all files on a C: drive. If it finds files with the following extensions:
.TXT .MHT .HTM .HTML .EML .JSE .ASP
the worm will look for email addresses inside those files.
The worm gets information about user's SMTP server address from the Registry. If this information is unavailable, the worm tries to use the following SMTP server:
smtp.hotpop.com
email messages sent by the worm look like that:
From:
Baath [baath@iraq.com]
Subject:
For World of Peace!
Body:
Saddam Hussien has been captured but Osama Bin Laden still have a power and US will never captured this person until somebody captured Bush. God Bless You!! A.Q.T.E
Attachment:
BGLR32.EXE
The worm uses IFrame exploit that allows the infected attachment to start automatically on older and unpatched versions of certain email clients.