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Conficker Description
Conficker, also known as W32/Conficker.worm, Win32/Conficker.A, W32.Downadup, Downadup and Kido, is a worm that exploits flaws found in Windows MS08-067 vulnerability. When Conficker infects your PC, it may prevent you from accessing security websites and disables Windows system services such as Windows Security Center, Windows Error Reporting and Windows Defender. The danger with Conficker is its ability to spread itself to other vulnerable computers through network shares. If one computer in a network is infected, then it can spread to other computers within that network. Microsoft has released a patch to fix the Windows vulnerability.
It is imperative that you download the latest released patch from Microsoft Windows Update. Also, Conficker uses random file names to prevent easy detection so it is best to use an anti-virus or anti-spyware software that will allow you to scan your entire computer instead of attempting to delete Conficker’s files manually.
Type: Worms
How Can You Detect Conficker?
Conficker Technical Report
As new Conficker details are reported by our customers and findings from our Threat Research Center, we will update this section.
The following Conficker files with its MD5s were created in the system:
| File Name | File Size | MD5 |
|---|
| vhoinp.dll | 89088 | e80c7cb77020f9326e15b3a0fb298045 |
| malware.exe | 110592 | 09edf06953b56ee6a8cb6823cb3b2996 |
| malware.exe | 188886 | 38c3d2efdd47b1034b1624490ce1f3f2 |
Conficker Removal Details
Conficker has typically the following processes in memory:
- %Temp%\[RANDOM FILE NAME].dll
- %All Users Application Data%\[RANDOM FILE NAME].dll
- vhoinp.dll
- %Program Files%\Movie Maker\[RANDOM FILE NAME].dll
- %System%\[RANDOM FILE NAME].dll
- %Program Files%\Internet Explorer\[RANDOM FILE NAME].dll
Conficker creates the following files in the system:
- %Temp%\[Random].tmp
- %System%\[Random].tmp
Conficker creates the following registry entries:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHO WALLCheckedValue = dword:00000000
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\{random}\”ImagePath” = %SystemRoot%\system32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\{random}\Parameters\”ServiceDll” = “[PATH OF WORM]”
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SvcHost, netsvcs = %Previous data% and %Random%
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Conficker
October 29th, 2009 at 10:53 am
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