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Worm:Win32/Citeary.E

First posted on 14 April 2019.
Source: Microsoft

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There are no other names known for Worm:Win32/Citeary.E.

Explanation :

Worm:Win32/Citeary.E is a worm - a self-propagating program that can spread itself from one computer to another. Worms may spread themselves via a variety of different channels in order to compromise new computers. Commonly, worms may spread directly by copying themselves to removable or network drives, or by attempting to exploit particular vulnerabilities on targeted computers. Worms also often attempt to spread via platforms that require user interaction in order to run. They may send themselves as an attachment to an email or an instant message, or send a link to a copy of themselves in the body of a message. In these cases the message needs to be convincing enough to encourage the victim to click on the link or attachment and run or download a copy of the worm. Installation Worm:Win32/Citeary.E creates the following files on an affected computer:
%programfiles%aavcdriver.sys %programfiles%msdnvectormonitor.pas ccfct.exe mppiu.exe c:documents and settingsadministratorlocal settings emphyt1354.tmp c:documents and settingsadministratorlocal settings emp em1354.tmp c:documents and settingsadministratorlocal settings emp mm167.tmp
Note: refers to a variable location that is determined by the malware by querying the Operating System. The default installation location for the System folder for Windows 2000 and NT is C:WinntSystem32; and for XP, Vista, and 7 is C:WindowsSystem32. Payload Terminates processes Worm:Win32/Citeary.E terminates the following processes should they be running on an affected computer:

rundll32.exe
Contacts remote host The malware may contact a remote host at e11.cxe95.com using port 8080. Commonly, malware may contact a remote host for the following purposes: To report a new infection to its author To receive configuration or other data To download and execute arbitrary files (including updates or additional malware) To receive instruction from a remote attacker To upload data taken from the affected computer
This malware description was produced and published using our automated analysis system's examination of file SHA1 ea6d682cc222805bd2a9da2828aff42e6c6d0f68.

Last update 14 April 2019

 

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