Title: Rahiwi
Type: Worms

Remove Rahiwi. Removal instructions


 
Severity scale:Rahiwi severity is 53  (53 / 100)
 
Rahiwi is a worm that spreads removable media, mapped network drives and also by copying itself to local disks. The parasite changes Internet Explorer default home and search pages, modifies web browser window titles, screen saver settings and various system settings. It also disables Registry Editor, Task Manager and Command Prompt. Furthermore, Rahiwi attempts to terminate active antiviruses, security-related tools and some other programs. It secretly runs on every Windows startup and every time executables or batch files are launched. The worm also loads in Windows Safe Mode.

Related files: cute.exe, data_rahasia administrator.exe, iexplorer.exe, imoet.exe, shell.exe, smss.exe, tiwi.exe, tiwi_cute.exe, winlogon.exe, rpcss.dll, empty.pif, tiwi.scr

Rahiwi properties:
• Changes browser settings
• Hides from the user
• Stays resident in background

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Rahiwi manual removal:

Kill processes:
cute.exe, data_rahasia administrator.exe, iexplorer.exe, imoet.exe, shell.exe, smss.exe, tiwi.exe, tiwi_cute.exe, winlogon.exe
Delete registry values:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\msmsgs
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\tiwi
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\LogonAdministrator
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\System Monitoring
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Shell=explorer.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Userinit=%System%\userinit.exe,%System%\iexplorer.exe
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\batfile\Shell\Open\Command\(Default)=%System%\shell.exe "%1" %*?「?ぎ??
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\comfile\Shell\Open\Command\(Default)=%System%\shell.exe" "%1" %*?「?ぎ??
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\Shell\Open\Command\(Default)=%System%\shell.exe" "%1" %*?「?ぎ??
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\inffile\Shell\Install\Command\(Default)=%System%\shell.exe" "%1" %*?「?ぎ??
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\Shell\Open\Command\(Default)=%System%\shell.exe" "%1" %*?「?ぎ??
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\piffile\shell\Open\Command\(Default)=%System%\shell.exe" "%1" %*?「?ぎ??
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SafeBoot\AlternateShell=%Windir%\tiwi.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AeDebug\Debugger=%System%\shell.exe
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\SCRNSAVE.EXE=%Windir%\system32tiwi.scr
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\LegalNoticeCaption=[string1]
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\DisableRegistryTools=1
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\DisableTaskMgr=1
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\NoDispSettingsPage=1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\DisableCMD=1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProductID=[string2]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProductName=[string3]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\RegisteredOrganization=[string4]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\RegisteredOwner=[string5]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\LegalNoticeText=[string6]
Delete files:
cute.exe, data_rahasia administrator.exe, iexplorer.exe, imoet.exe, shell.exe, smss.exe, tiwi.exe, tiwi_cute.exe, winlogon.exe, rpcss.dll, empty.pif, tiwi.scr
Delete directories:
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Application Data\WINDOWS
Misc:
Exact file location:
tiwi.exe - C:\WINDOWS or C:\WINNT; C:
empty.pif - C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
data_rahasia administrator.exe - available drives including removable media and shared disks
iexplorer.exe, shell.exe, rpcss.dll, tiwi.scr - C:\WINDOWS\System32 or C:\WINNT\System32
smss.exe, winlogon.exe - C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Application Data
cute.exe, tiwi_cute.exe, imoet.exe - C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Application Data\WINDOWS
Information added: 2007-05-08 13:59:49
Information updated: 2007-05-08 13:59:49

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