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Worm:Win32/Mydoom.H@mm
Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Aliases: W32.Mydoom.H@mm (Symantec) WORM_MYDOOM.H (Trend Micro) W32/Mydoom.h@MM (McAfee) Win32/MyDoom.H.Worm (CA)
Summary
Win32/Mydoom.H@mm is a mass-mailing worm that sends itself to e-mail addresses it finds on the infected computer. The worm also installs a .dll file that acts as a backdoor listening onĀ TCP ports 80 and 1080.Ā The worm attempts a denial-of-service (DoS) attack against www.symantec.com.
To detect and remove thisĀ threat and other malicious software that may have been installed, run a full-system scan with an up-to-date antivirus product such as Microsoft Security Essentials, or the Microsoft Safety Scanner. For more information about using antivirus software, see http://www.microsoft.com/security/antivirus/av.aspx.
Recovering from recurring infections onĀ a network
The following additional steps may need to be taken to completely remove this threat from an infected network, and to stop infections from recurring from this and other similar types of network-spreading malware:
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Ensure thatĀ an antivirus productĀ is installed on ALL computers connected to the network that can access or host sharesĀ (see above for further detail).
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Ensure that all available network shares are scanned with an up-to-date antivirus product.
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Restrict permissions as appropriate for network shares on your network. For more information on simple access control, please see: http://technet.microsoft.com/library/bb456977.aspx.
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Remove any unnecessary network shares or mapped drives.
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Note: Additionally it may be necessary toĀ temporarily change the permission on network shares to read-only until the disinfection process is complete.
Additional remediation instructions for Worm:Win32/Mydoom.H@mm
This threat may make lasting changes to a computerās configuration that are NOTĀ restored byĀ detecting and removing this threat. For more information on returning an infected computer to its pre-infected state, please see the following article/s:Ā
- Stopping and starting Windows services:
- For Windows 7: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/What-are-Administrative-Tools
- For Windows Vista: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/What-are-Administrative-Tools
- For Windows XP: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/sys_srv_start_service.mspx
- Correctly disabling Autorun in Windows: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953252Ā
- Enabling Distributed COM (DCOM) using DCOMCNFG.EXE
- For Windows 7 and Vista: http://technet.microsoft.com/library/cc771387.aspx
- For Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/825750
- Using the system's recovery options:
- For Windows XP: Installing and using the Recovery Console in Windows XP
- For Windows Vista: System Recovery Options in Windows Vista
- For Windows 7: System Recovery Options in Windows 7
- For other support and help related articles, go to:
- Windows 7: http://support.microsoft.com/gp/windows7
- Windows Vista: http://support.microsoft.com/ph/11732Ā
- Windows XP:Ā http://support.microsoft.com/ph/1173
- Microsoft Security TechNet Center: http://technet.microsoft.com/security/default.aspx