SSIWG

Summary

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VBS/SSIWG is a family of mass mailing worms generated with a virus construction kit.

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

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Technical Details

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Variant:SSIWG.A@mm

When VBS/SSIWG.A@mm is executed, it copies itself to the Windows System directory as "Y072QWV.VBS". This file is also set to be executed in each system startup via following registry key:

  HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\  

Next the worm copies itself to the root of each network drive, and sends itself to all recipients in all address books using Outlook. Messages that VBS/SSIWG.A sends have the following characterstics:

  Subject:    I'am missing U     Body:       Could u remember me ?     Attachment: Y072QWV.VBS  

Note: The name of the attachment can be other that "Y072QWV.VBS".The worm uses a counter in the registry, so the mass mailing will happen only every 20th run.

Technical Details:Sami Rautiainen, F-Secure; August 2001