VB.AS

Upon execution, VB.AS, detected as Email-Worm.Win32.VB.as, displays a fake message: "File Error: [number]".

It then creates copies of itself in the following folders as:

• %Temp% - (usually C:\Documents and Settings\[user]\Local Settings\Temp\ )
• %SystemDrive% - (usually C:\ )

It also creates the following registry entries to automatically launch when Windows starts:

• [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] AVPScaner "C:\Documents and Settings\[user]\Local Settings\Temp\"
• [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] HostNet Service "C:\Documents and Settings\[user]\Local Settings\Temp\"

Additional registry entry:

• [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Symantecs\Ver] Ver " 50"

It also searches for possible email addresses from all htm files found on the harddrive. All gathered data will be saved in the registry as follows:

• [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Records\FileList] List of htm files scanned for email addresses
• [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Records\AdressList] List of email addresses gathered
• [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Records\Names] List of gathered names from the email addresses (ex. 'myname@' from myname@domain.com)
• [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Records\Servers] List of gathered domain name the email addresses (ex. 'domain.com from myname@domain.com)
• [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Records\AdressAlList] List of all possible combination of email addresses based from the gathered names and domains
• [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Records\Activar] Indicates that the malware is active
• [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Records\Scaneado] Indicates that the malware has performed scan

Notes:

• %Temp% - usually C:\Documents and Settings\[user]\Local Settings\Temp\
• %SystemDrive% - usually C:\
• [user] - is the current user