Nightflyght

Nightflyght.A worm spreads using Outlook and mIRC. The infected Outlook messages looks as follows:

Subject: Hi :-) Body:{script code}

The worm send itself as an embedded HTML, not as a separate attachment.

Nightflyght lowers Internet Explorer security zones and Windows Script Host (WSH) security settings:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\ HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows Script Host\Settings\TrustPolicyThe worm contains several payloads. If the day is 5th and in any month, it removes the desktop:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoDesktop

and changes the registered owner to 'NightFlight': HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RegisteredOwner

and the registered organization to 'Carpe Noctem': HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RegisteredOrganization

The worm also changes the wallpaper to a random bit map file found on the infected system:

HKCU\Control Panel\desktop\Wallpaper

Nightflight.A spreads via mIRC by modifying the Script.ini file. To do this, it uses file warning.htm that it drops in the Windows folder.

The worm affects Windows SE by executing Microsoft Agent and showing the following message:

Variant:Nightflyght.A

Nightflyght.A worm spreads using Outlook and mIRC. The infected Outlook messages looks as follows:

Subject: Hi :-) Body:{script code}

The worm send itself as an embedded HTML, not as a separate attachment. Nightflyght lower Internet Explorer security zones and WSH security settings:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\ HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows Script Host\Settings\TrustPolicy The worm contains several payloads. If the day is 5th and any month, it removes the desktop:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoDesktop changes the registered owner to 'NightFlight':

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RegisteredOwner and the registered organization to 'Carpe Noctem':

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RegisteredOrganization

The worm also changes the wallpaper to a random bit map file found on the infected system: HKCU\Control Panel\desktop\Wallpaper Nightflight.A spreads via mIRC by modifying the Script.ini file. To do this it uses file warning.htm that it drops in Windows folder. The worm affects Windows SE by executing Microsoft Agent and showing the following message: "The Nightflight is still out there!"