Summary

VBS/Monopoly is a worm, that uses Microsoft Outlook to mass mail itself. It has been created using Visual Basic Script and it works under Windows Scripting Host (WSH) version 5.0 or later.

Additional Details

When the script is executed, it first creates three files to Windows temporary directory: "monopoly.jpg", "monopoly.whs" and "monopoly.vbe".

After these files has been created, the worm will show a message box with the following text:

Bill Gates is guilty of monopoly. Here is the proof.


When user selects "Ok" button from the message box, the worm shows a picture of Monopoly game boad with picture of Bill Gates.



Then VBS/Monopoly attempts to mass mail itself to each recipient defined in the Outlook address lists. This message looks like the following:

Subject: Bill Gates joke Body: Bill Gates is guilty of monopoly. Here is the proof. :-) Attachment: MONOPOLY.VBS


Finally it collects the following system information:

- Date and time - Windows registered user name, organization and version number - Computer name - DVD region code - Country and area codes - Internet Explorer language code - Internet Explorer home page - All entries from address books defined in Outlook - All ICQ/UIN files
This information is sent to the following addesses:

monopoly@mixmail.com monpooly@telebot.com mooponly@ciudad.com.ar mloponoy@usa.net yloponom@gnwmail.com
When the worm has been executed, it creates a registry key

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\OUTLOOK.Monopoly
and sets the value of it to "True", so the worm will no be executed again in the same machine.

[Analysis: Sami Rautiainen, F-Secure]