Music
Summary
Music is an Internet worm written in Visual Basic that spreads itself as an attachment to email messages. The names of of attachments can be Music.com, Music.exe or Music.zip.
Removal
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:
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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.
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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.
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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.
Technical Details
On activation the worm displays a Christmas-related picture and plays a tune as a disguise. Its activation effect usually looks like that:
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The messages sent by Music worm have the following subjects and texts:
Subject: Testing to send file Text: Hi, just testing email using Merry Christmas music file, not bad music.
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Text: Hi, just testing email using Merry Christmas music file, you'll like it.
The worm has three components: Dropper, Sender and WinSock library.
1. The first worm's component (Dropper) is sent attached to emails. When it is run, it copies itself to Windows system directory with SYSMCM.EXE name and registers this file in auto-run registry key, then plays a tune and displays pictures to disguise itself.
This worm's component doesn't send any messages. To spread further the worm connects two Inet sites and gets the rest of its components from there, copies them to Windows directory with the names: SYSDRV.EXE and SYSTMP.DLL
2. Second worm component (Sender), is downloaded from an Internet website and copied to Windows System directory. It then gets email addresses from Windows Addresss Book and sends infected messages (with Dropper attached) to these addresses.
3. WinSock library is standard MS Visual Studio DLL library that is used to access Windows sockets.
The worm is able to upgrade its components from Internet website: it downloads three files from there (that are supposed to be its plugins), detects their versions, and if these versions are newer than the currently used, the worm replaces its components with new ones. So the worm is able to change its functionality depending on its author needs.
The worm creates new registry key to run itself on each Windows startup:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run SysDrv = %SystemDir%\sysmcm.exe
It also creates one more key where it stores its internal data:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\MCM FirstRun LastRun RunMCM Status SMTP
001111
The Sender component code contains the text:
Hi, tracing this file? It's a very friendly program, it do nothing harm to your system. In fact I hate a file like this, but the bad thing is I cant find a job, and I need to rent my basement room, I only hope this file could help me to make my both ends meet. Thanks & regards. -- The author, Nov 08, 2000.