Submission Summary:

What's been foundSeverity Level
Capability to manipulate a user list control in instant messenger (IM) programs such as AOL, Yahoo! Messenger, Skype. An affected user's contact list could be used by an IM worm in order to replicate over the IM network.
Creates a startup registry entry.
Contains characteristics of an identified security risk.

 

Technical Details:

 

Possible Security Risk

Threat CategoryDescription
A malicious trojan horse or bot that may represent security risk for the compromised system and/or its network environment
A network-aware worm that attempts to replicate across the existing network(s)

 

File System Modifications

#Filename(s)File SizeFile HashAlias
1 %Windir%\jusched.exe
[file and pathname of the sample #1]
72,704 bytes MD5: 0x1489BDE0A93BB0FA4B87CAF2AE6E7624
SHA-1: 0x37844827B08D9FDAC36FBC505F8A427626858466
Malware.Yimfoca [PCTools]
W32.Yimfoca [Symantec]
IM-Worm.Win32.Yahos.am [Kaspersky Lab]
W32/Checkout [McAfee]
Mal/Rimecud-D [Sophos]
Worm:Win32/Pushbot.SW [Microsoft]
IM-Worm.Win32.Yahos [Ikarus]
Win32/Yahos.worm.72704 [AhnLab]

 

Memory Modifications

Process NameProcess FilenameMain Module Size
jusched.exe%Windir%\jusched.exe3,141,632 bytes

Service NameDisplay NameNew StatusService Filename
wuauservAutomatic Updates"Stopped"%System%\svchost.exe -k netsvcs

 

Registry Modifications

 

 

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