NetSky.R

Summary

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The Netsky.R variant was discovered on March 31st, 2004. It's a stripped down version of NetSky.Q with around 80% of functionality in common with the previous variant.NetSky.R performs a DDoS against several websites.

Removal

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Automatic action

Once detected, the F-Secure security product will automatically disinfect the suspect file by either deleting it or renaming it.

More

Detailed instructions for F-Secure security products are available in the documentation found in the Downloads section of our Home - Global site.

You may also refer to the Knowledge Base on the F-Secure Community site for further assistance.

Technical Details

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System Infection

Upon execution the worm copies its dropper to the Windows Directory as 'PandaAVEngine.exe', which is added to the registry:

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] =    "PandaAVEngine" = "%WinDir%\PandaAVEngine.exe"  

where %WinDir% represents Windows directory name.

The main DLL is placed to the same place with the filename 'temp09094283.dll'.

The worm removes several registry values that belong to other worms.

Email Propagation

When collecting addresses NetSky.R recursively searches through all hard drives and checks the content of files with the following extensions:

.adb  .asp  .cfg  .cgi  .dbx  .dhtm  .doc  .eml  .htm  .html  .jsp  .mbx  .mdx  .mht  .mmf  .msg  .nch  .ods  .oft  .php  .pl  .ppt  .rtf  .sht  .shtm  .stm  .tbb  .txt  .uin  .vbs  .wab  .wsh  .xls  .xml  

This variant of NetSky sends emails having the following subject:

Re: Document [random numbers]

Body:

Excuse me,  the important document is attached,  Yours sincerely  

And attachment name:

Document[random numbers].pif  

Payloads

Between 11th and 17th of April, 2004 NetSky.R infected computers will perform a Distributed Denial-of-Service attack against the following sites:

www.keygen.us  www.kazaa.com  www.emule-project.net  www.cracks.am  www.emule.de