Symptoms

Removal instructions:

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Technical Description:

The virus was written in Visual Basic and compressed with UPX.

When run, it will copy itself as HAwa.pif and will drop its embedded components: smtp.ocx (an SMTP ActiveX control used to send email messages; this component is registered using regsvr32) and the executable explore.exe.

The registry entry

[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\run\Explore]

is created to run the worm at every start-up. The executable's read-only, hidden and system file attributes are set.

An empty file 0.mpeg is created and open (usually, with Media Player); this is probably meant to trick users to believe they had actually downloaded a (corrupted) multimedia file.

Copies of the worm are created in the Windows System folder with the following names:

Hot_Show.pif
Short_vClip.pif
Broke_ass.pif
Beauty_VS_Your_FaCe.pif
Endless_life.pif
Hearts_translator.pif
Shakiraz_Big_ass.pif
Sweet_but_smilly.pif
Lo0o0o0o0oL.pif
Gurls_Secrets.pif
Tedious_SeX.pif
Leaders_Scandals.pif
HaWawi_N_Hawaii.pif
Come_2_Cum.pif
Tears_of_Happiness.pif
White_AmeRica.pif
Famous_PpL_N_Bad_Setuations.pif
XxX_Mpegs_Downloader.pif
Teenz_Raper.pif
Real_Magic.pif
The_Truth_of_Love.pif
unfaithful_Gurls.pif
How_to_improve_ur_love.pif
AniMaL_N_Burning_Ladies.pif
Aint_it_Funny.pif
ToolAv01w32.pif

The virus scans for target email addresses in .txt, .htm, .html, .dbx files and in Internet Explorer's cache. The format of the emails sent is chosen from the following combinations of Subject line and Body (the attachment is one of the files named above):


'''*< Love Speaks it all >*'''
Hii
Try this great program allowing u to translate 100 languages
just write a passage in english and chose a language to get the traslation
Friends@Internet.com
one of my friends used it with his arabian gf and it worked successfully ;)
so , Now we can say ' Love Speaks it All ' :)

Co0o0o0o0oL
i thing the subject is enough to describe the attached file !
Bye

Wussaaaaaaaap?
check it out and replay your opinion
Cya

Fw: . You're gonna love it ;)
You're gonna love it ;)
delete it after reading , Professor :P

Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey
i've got this surprise from a friend :)
it really deserves a few minutes of your time.

Should i email u first to email me?
u don't know how much ur emails mean to me.
i wish u like this email and plzz don't forget me :)

WoW But not for NoW
coz i couldn't get the other part of it ,
any way , check it out
having alil thing is better than nothing :P

y0 Ain't Got Shyt !
All u can get is burning ur self
Coz all we can do is to watch, nothing for us to touch :(

Why Do We FOk?
let me answer ,,,
hummmmmmmmm
Coz we Burn Our selves by watching ********** like the one i attached :P

Hi
i'v got it from a group called
it really fits us , check it out carefully :)
bye

Q
what does it look likt?

I REATTACHED THE SHYT U SENT
Hummm , It looks like something men can't live without
ha? did u get it?
if not , enjoy ur Eyes by Seeing it ;) this one is deferent!

Hiiiii
you seem to be mad @ me coz i didn't send u anything for along time,
i didn't forget u , but i was busy , i've got all o
f ur emails
thanx :) and i hope u accept this one as an apology.

Heeelllooo , anybody home????
i tried many times to send u this email but ur account was out of storage as i think
any way , make sure that i didn't and i won't forget u :)
C ya Forgotten :P

Why did u send me this shyt?
THANX BUT I DON'T ACCEPT SEX MATERIALS FROM STRANGERS.
I SAW THEM N I WONDERED HOW U COULD DO SO ?
PLEASE DON'T EMAIL ME

Re:Hi
No thanx , keep it for you :)

Lo0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0oL
Measure your intelligence , the power of your mind and the speed of
your reaction by answering several Qs , don't forget to send me your mark.
Don't forget , send me the project in a zipped file :)
Bye

I took 3.5/10 :P
Let's see who is more intelligent than the other!
Good Luck
hurry up !!!
this is the last one i could find ,

To Early To Have Sex!
When i saw it i didn't believe that she was only 8 yrs old.
but when i saw the blood and heard the voice of her :( i got Shocked

Fw:Send it to all of the ppl u love
Don't Believe ur self, I don't Love Ya :P
But i Don't know why i sent this to u.
Make use of it , Bye ;)

Surpise !
I'm in a harry ,
Send me any clip with voice like the one i attached .
And stop sending the booooring pictures

For your elegant Taste
elegant ppl should satisfy thier taste with elegant things ;)

Again?
I sent this email to another body :P and he replayed saying Thanx !!
i always write your email wrongly.
but unfortunately, i don't remember you
ummm, if u like it replay to me , and don't forget to write ur signature to make
sure that i didn't send the email to a wrong one ;)

Who are you??????
i'm fine , thanx for asking :)
and thanx for the nice attachements.
i will be waiting for u emaill to remind me of your self.
Hummm , i hope u accept this show as an apology.

The Spanish Beauty
it's a mix of the Arabian beauty & the european grace !

Virus Alert !
Dear User,
satisfy your eyes with the beauty that u have never seen ;)
I've Got it :)
I've got it from KaZaA network ,
it seems not to be full but that's all i could find :(

Helloooooooo
attachment :) bye
I've got your email , but you forgot to upload the attachments.
Don't be selfish , i sent you all the files i have, send me anything :(

If u are booooored ...
i found it in my Recycled , i know u love this kind of thing ;)

Dispatch@McAfee.com
McAfee.com Has recieved an infected message from you .We believe that you are infected with Win32/HaWawi@MM Virus.
Please download the attached tool (ToolAv01w32) which will help you to clean your PC. For more information :
*Create an email addressed to virus_research@nai.com.
Your name, phone number, address, and email address
Operating system
Anti virus engine version (e.g. 4.1.20)
DAT file version (e.g. 4.0.4140)
Browser version
Nature of problem

The virus will also attempt to copy itself in the Kazaa shared folder if this file sharing application is installed, using the names listed above. This way, other Kazaa users might download it from the infected user.

Payload: The registry entry

[HKCU\DeathTime]

is initialized with 0 when the virus is installed; each time the virus is run again (when Windows is restarted), the value of the entry is incremented; when it reaches 30, the virus attempts to delete all .exe, .jpg, .doc, .pps, .ram, .zip files, and it displays the following message boxes:















Finally, the virus will shutdown Windows; the operating system and all installed applications will have to be reinstalled.