Summary
At February 16th, a variant of VBS/Onthefly is spreading via email messages.
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Technical Details
The messages have the following German content:
Subject: Neues von Ihrem Internetdienstleister - Robert T. Online informiert Body: Sehr geehrter Internetsurfer es hat sich einiges bei uns getan. Die Telekom kann auch Ihre Internetkosten reduzieren. Wir haben auch fur Sie den richtigen Tarif...Damit auch Sie sich entscheiden konnen, haben wir eine ubersicht aller fur Sie relevanter Termine an diese eMail gehangt. Wir sind Sicher, auch Sie werden Ihren Wunschtarif finden. Bei fragen stehen wir Ihnen naturlich jederzeit zur Verfugung... Ihr T-Online Service Team Attachment: Neue Tarife.txt.vbs
In English the message subject and body are as follows:
Subject: News from your Internetserviceprovider - Robert T. Online informs Body: Dear Internetsurfer, several things changed at our side. Telekom can reduce also your Internet charges. We also have for you the right rate...To be able to decide, we have attached an overview of the relevant dates to this mail. We are sure, also you will find your prefered rate. If you have questions, you can of course contact us... Your T-Online Service Team
When the attached file is executed, the worm will mail itself to the each recipient in every address book. After mass mailing have been done, this variant adds the following key to the registry:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\mailed
This variant also replicates using mIRC and Pirch IRC clients.
There is also a version that is not encrypted. However, due a bug it does not replicate.
Information about the original VBS/Onthefly.A (also known as I-Worm.Lee.o and VBS/VBSWG) is available at: https://www.F-Secure.com/v-descs/onthefly.shtml
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