Sunday, September 12, 2010

How to remove the worm Win32/Conficker.AA (Win32.Worm.Downadup.Gen)

Win32/Conficker.AA also known as W32/Worm.AHGV, Net-Worm.Win32.Kido.bg, Worm: Win32/Conficker, W32/Conficker.worm.gen, Mal / Conficker is a worm that uses Microsoft Windows Server Service RPC Handling Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS08-67) to spread via network. This worm prevents the user to access the site security, remove the System Restore point prior to infection, protects itself from deletion by removing all of the NTFS file permissions, except execute and directory traversal ...
If already infected W32/Conficker.AA, the virus will cause symptoms / effects as follows:
  • If the previous variant lethal service 'Workstation, Server and Windows Firewall / Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)'. So this time the virus tries to shut down and disable some services, namely wscsvc: Security Center, wuauserv: Automatic Updates, BITS: Background Intellegent Transfer Service, ERSvc: Error Reporting Service and others.
  • Viruses can do a block of application programs that run when you access a website containing the following strings: Ccert, sans, bit9, windowsupdate, wilderssecurity and much more. This is done without making changes to your existing hosts file. By making the block, can prevent anti-malware program to update its antivirus and prevent the user when attempting access to the site security.
  • Viruses try to make changes to the system Windows Vista / Server 2008 by using command: 'netsh interface tcp set global AutoTuning = disabled'. With this command, then windows will auto tuning disabled. Windows Auto-Tuning is one of the features of Windows Vista and Server 2008 that is useful to improve the performance when trying to access the network.
  • Viruses try to download and execute files (bmp, gif, jpeg, png) are then entered in the temporary internet.
  • The virus will check the internet connection and download files to adjust the date after January 1, 2009. For it is a virus check on some of these sites: Baidu, google, yahoo, msn, until ask.com
  • The virus will create a firewall rule on the local network gateway which makes an attack from the outside to connect and get the external IP address Address infected through a variety of ports (1024 to 10000).
  • The virus will create a service with certain characteristics in order to run automatically at start-up windows and make an HTTP server on a random port
  • Viruses create a scheduled task to run a virus file that is copied with the command: 'rundll32.exe. [% Random% extension], [% random]' 





Use the following ways to remove Win32/Conficker.AA 1. Download the patch MS08-67 vulnerability according to your Windows version from here
2. Install patch MS08-67 vulnerability.
3. Download Win32.Worm.Downadup.Gen (Win32/Conficker.AA) removal tool from BitDefender from here .
4. Unzip / extract the file.
5. Unplug / disconnect the network cable.
6. Run Anti-downadup file-graphics.exe sehinggu windows appear as below

7. Click the start button
8. Reboot your computer when finished.
9. Plug the network cable again.
10. Create a new restore point following manner. : :
  • Disable system restore to flush out infected restore points.
  • Reboot the computer again
  • Turn back to the Windows System restore
  • Click START -> ALL PROGRAMS -> ACCESSORIES -> SYSTEM TOOLS -> System Restore.
  • Click on "create new restore point", then click NEXT and follow the onscreen instructions


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