Email-Worm.Win32.Navidad (Merry Christmas!)

hope you're having a good day/week/month/year, if not, then I hope this video will provide a temporary respite

[@LucaDAmico91]

It is quite strange to me that they have the ability to code a worm that can check for unread emails and reply to them, yet they fail spectacularly to correctly copy it in the windows directory and provide it with proper arguments parsing. If both variants are from the same person, then the first one was probably just a test or an unfinished attempt that got out of hand. That said I was expecting some nasty payload just after clicking that button 😅. Buon Natale Dan (Merry Christman Dan) to you, Psychofizz and your cats! thank you so much for everything you have done for us this year 😘.

[@modeco80]

The MAPI APIs made making email worms like this kind of a breeze (even for rather... inexperienced, programmers, like the developer of this worm), especially so with the early implementations that made no attempt to alert users that an application was using MAPI to send or read messages on their behalf. Later MAPI hosts did end up adding warnings and adding the ability to reject access, but worm developers evolved by completely subverting them all and just implementing a rudimentary SMTP client that could do everything that was required (commonly referred to as a "SMTP engine"). The EXE hooking seemed to have been hastily attempted, then ignored and kind of just released as is (especially since the worm drops the file it would use to hook under a completely different file extension - vxd instead of exe, and the WinMain entry point doesn't even touch the command line). Of course given basic programming errors like memory leaks galore, you could probably say this whole thing was rushed, and you'd more than likely be right.

[@oscarcacnio8418]

​@@modeco80 Not even malware developers are immune to the Christmas Crunch 😔

[@tezcanaslan2877]

@@oscarcacnio8418 i think it’s moreso their attention spans

[@lorenzostavern649]

Buon natale! Bello vedere italiani qui..

[@Ravenna17]

Strange? More like hilarious at the stupidity lol. Also I’m late to the party but Buon Natale my fellow Italian! Hope you, Dan, Psycofizz, and everybody here had a great Christmas!

[@15adam]

"what if i wanted to run.. Calculator? Too bad, you're getting solitare" got me laughing lmao

[@letcreate123]

A more accurate translation on 6:40 would be "Unfortunately you gave in to temptation and lost your computer."

[@matias-dev]

Loved the video, great christmas present for all of us, i'm an argentine so seeing a virus written in spanish is quite cool. Just a theory, but maybe it's hard-coded to look for a windows file that's translated in spanish for some odd reason? Maybe it works better on a spanish language version of Windows, can't really make a sense of it but you know, weird windows stuff. Great video like all of them, love your content, happy holidays!

[@danooct1]

That's an interesting thought. I'll give that a shot when I revisit this in the future, thanks for the tip!

[@NotBart]

I wonder if "Emmanuel" is having good holidays with the memory of what he did to those fortune 500 companies... Maybe....

[@Puda]

I doubt it even crosses his mind these days 😂

[@NotBart]

@@Puda Unless he's doing a life sentence due to his horrid crimes. "Why did I not make it run solitaire?!?! They wouldn't mind that!"

[@dusklunistheumbreon]

Probably!

[@resneptacle]

"It's all Solitaire?" - "Always has been"

[@pawer_themaw]

This is hillarious for me, because the class is INFECTED with the feliz navidad song playing in their head over and over and over again...

[@YukikoSnowLeopardess]

Merry Christmas, Dan! I've been watching you for a few years, and I still love going back to the old videos you made, and still love the new videos as well. Sending many, many Christmas wishes from England. Hope 2024 is a better year.

[@flyxed]

Merry Christmas Dan! Been watching your channel since 2013-2014, and you were a HUGE inspiration for me pursuing my passion in cyber security. I’m in my final year for my degree within Cyber Sec and Forensic Computing and without influences like you and Rogueamp, I don’t think I ever would’ve. I’m looking forward to watching for years to come!

[@Gabbichu]

Dan I've only discovered your channel this past week and I've been binge watching like crazy! Thank you for sharing your virus knowledge, it is very informative and I love how you go into depth with your demos. Happy holidays!

[@jameslassan861]

You have a really good spanish pronunciation, don't be so hard on yourself. Keep up the good work and feliz Navidad y prospero año nuevo, amigo Dan!

[@kizurura]

Merry christmas Dan! Thank you for yet another year of content, spend it really well with your loved ones!

[@mrballs1138]

hell yeah always a good day/night when danooct1 uploads

[@andresbravo2003]

The Spanish really stands me out. Happy Holidays Dan!

[@gunkhead]

Happy Holidays again! 💕 Another banger worm vid to close the year, stay safe everyone

[@flarerik]

I don't remember if I've ever asked this or if anyone ever brought it up, but have you ever looked into the Kriz virus? I feel like it would make an interesting video if only because it wound up being distributed by accident by a video game. Also long time viewer for almost ten years here lol, happy christmas and thanks for the interesting videos. I find it amusing this worm gives you a button to ruin everything at any time.

[@tezcanaslan2877]

He didn’t make a video about it apparently, thought he did with how popular it was.

[@ozaki66]

Thank you Danooct, you have been in my life for the last 10 years or so, I always love seeing new videos pop up :) Take your time, have a good christmas, and good fortune for the new year thats coming soon!

[@mishalmx]

Merry Christmas, Daniel. Been watching your videos ever since i was 10. Im 23 now, and your videos have in a way taught me to be safe on the internet in my early years.

[@renemethmann]

Haha, to get windows to open solitaire every time trying to open a application, could be a really fun prank :-D Merry christmas :-)

[@FrankChickens]

Happy Christmas Dan and thanks for making these video as they've been informative and entertaining to watch.

[@Jamesp-uw1gf]

So you can set a 'default program' for opening.. executables? Interesting. Merry Christmas Dan!

[@PsychoFizz]

Hey that’s me!!!! I’m an email recipient 😭 Lolol merry Christmas everyone

[@zorromagico228]

I think your spanish is great!! Merry Christmas!! This channel is so interesting, thanks 4 the upload!

[@drawter3592]

¡Feliz Navidad, Dan!

[@QRSFirestorm]

Happy holidays Dan! Great to see the holiday special!

[@BrightPage174]

Now its officially the most wonderful time of the year. Merry Christmas, Dan!

[@malwaretestingfan]

Happy Christmas! The COM fix approximately at 4:51 was an interesting find.

[@alphazeuri]

Feliz Navidad Dan!!! Tu español es excelente 😁. Me encanta tu contenido!! Saludos desde Uruguay!!! 👋🏻🇺🇾 Merry Christmas Dan!!! Your Spanish is excellent 😁. I love your content!! Greetings from Uruguay!!! 👋🏻🇺🇾

[@crylune]

Happy holidays Dan, and everyone else. ^^

[@themosaicshow]

merry christmas dan! sorry you had to do a bunch of manual labor to get this worm to. be a worm.

[@rafan800]

I swear, you trying to get these viruses to actually do what they are supposed to is like seeing zookeepers trying to get pandas to mate

[@modeco80]

I remember laughing my ass off when I found the dialog resouce for the template about box that's a part of the default visual C++ win32 templates in the code for this

[@민트꽃순이]

Merry Christmas Dan! I love whenever you upload

[@Emmanuel.]

A virus with my own name? That's just what I wanted for Christmas!

[@berry2813]

Happy holidays!! It's been so nice getting all these new videos lately, thank you :)

[@takatotakeda3046]

when i see this video i say ACHIS ACHIS LOS MARIACHIS! happy holidays and regards from Guadalajara Jalisco México

[@Monkey832]

Love to see that you're still making these great videos Dan, feliz navidad!

[@DonewithYT]

Dude, the holidays wouldn't feel complete without this notification in my phone!! Merry Christmas and Happy New years Dan and everyone else here supporting our favorite dust mite in sunglasses!

[@duke4l]

Never thought I’d see the day where we’d get malware AND a rhyme 😊

[@fraserdougall4607]

Merry Christmas! Been watching you for almost a decade now, always love seeing your uploads🙂

[@mrpurple9589]

Thanks for the vids, Its nice to come back every now and then and just watch some old systems get infected

[@hekanymous]

Merry Christmas, Dan! Thanks for all the videos throughout the year!

[@centdemeern1]

Fijne Kerst (Merry Christmas) Dan!

[@edwardelric9649]

Really I enjoy this, Merry Chistmas or Feliz Navidad!

[@theginganinjaofficial]

Just wanted to say you were some of the first long form videos i remember being into... glad to see you still posting. Merry Christmas and all that my guy 🤙

[@foxyRaccoon123]

Merry christmas and Happy New Year 2024, Dan! Thank you for producing awesome virus and software videos since I firstly viewed ALERTA in mid 2017.

[@PopeCromwell]

Thanks for another video Dan, and a Merry Christmas to you & yours!

[@Valzentia]

I've been hoping to see this one for years. Merry Christmas Dan

[@LucasBurrell]

the joy of christmas is nothing compared to the feeling of a new danooct1 video

[@elanimeronei]

Me: being spanish. Dan: nAviDad the way he pronounces it is hilarious 😂 (also good!) also I love your videos 😊

[@fencecreature]

happy holidays!! its sweet to see new videos from you . i hope your doing alright wherever you are : )

[@cambridgeport90]

Nice one...he does it again! Either way, I think that when it doesn't send itself...considering how old these files actually are,you wonder if there wasn't perhaps some possible corruption when the files were moved from one to the other during transit? Resulting in the research samples available for these demos ending up in somewhat of a corrupted state by the time it was retrieved for the video? Just an idea. I could be way off the mark.

[@AleMcRight]

happy holidays Dan thank you for sticking around!

[@cassssperrrr]

thank you dan for uploading this on my birthday today ❤

[@awiseguythatsmorewise]

thanks for the early christmas gift!

[@rkatalyst]

Nahh man your Spanish is actually so good. Feliz navidad! 🎉

[@sm_liam5279]

merry christmas dan! just as great a vid as always, a great way to close out the year

[@MrPZS]

feliz navidad Dannoct1 y tu español es bueno jejejeje sigue aprendiendo para que luego hagas tus propios doblajes de tus videos jejeje saludos

[@IrisGalaxis]

Feliz Navidad, or, as we say, The Least Knobby Dot to you too Dan!

[@SmeddyTooBestChannel]

i wonder if they got the payloads backwards and it was supposed to do the exe crippling when you hit the conspicuous button and not the x

[@ioiswaifu-dv1ij]

Merry Christmas, Dan

[@Cromie45]

Merry Christmas Dan, thanks for all the interesting content

[@karex7171]

4:40 best install of windows i have seen.

[@SaintJames14]

Merry Christmas Dan. I hope you have a good year's end

[@prymus141]

Merry Chistmas danooct1❤

[@Sommyie]

I love Dave's Garage to go over some of these. he was a windows dev around this time.

[@Carmenifold]

it does provide a temporary respite. thanks man

[@gabrielleeliseo6062]

Always a fun watch. Thanks Dan!

[@tails230]

Great video as always! And a Feliz Navidad to you!

[@ezequielbelaustegui5602]

You have decent pronunciation in Spanish. Greetings from Argentina.

[@-GameHacKeR-]

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year :)

[@emithelastidiot1817]

happy holidays i finally got sorta early

[@Ale.K7]

¡Feliz Navidad, danooct1!

[@Derpysaur]

Merry Christmas! Love the videos!

[@wiII_me]

merry christmas dan, and a happy new year :)

[@Povilaz]

Merry Christmas! Very interesting video!

[@willpickles]

merry christmas dan!

[@Vergerizz]

Never thought i would be early to a danooct1 video. What an honor.

[@GeekIWG]

Merry Christmas! May all your malware be harmless and fun. Blessings and joy to all!

[@crebafurros]

Hahah, Feliz navidad from Spain!

[@lolman123401]

Error you eye, a new eye-con with a creepy eye‽ What are you doing to us, Dan!

[@VariedTechnique]

merry christmas dan

[@PCGatOS]

Feliz Navidad 🎄

[@dotcomgamingd5564]

Merry Christmas dan!!! love your content!!!

[@NimaSakibo]

we need solitaire malware. There has to be some out there!

[@LovableAmy]

Merry Christmas

[@johnlewisbrooks]

Lol I had a friend years ago make a custom virus on my computer as a gag. A blue and purple screen appeared and a box said 'to find the meaning of life, click here" and you'd try but it would move 😂

[@charlesswansonii9319]

One thing I've been meaning to ask is, is this all done on actual hardware, Dan, or is this being done in a virtualization software with some sort of post-processing shader when producing the video to emulate the look of a CRT in a dark room? Your production values have legitimately got me asking the question.

[@danooct1]

The videos for the past few years have all been on real hardware with a CRT. During this past year I purchased an actual camera to use (Panasonic LUMIX GH5S) rather than just my phone, which has helped dial in the quality and color balance significantly.

[@CheddarVG]

¡Feliz Navidad! Here's to next year with more malware to bless us.

[@Onkoe]

ICQ? Jesus hates that! merry Christmas, Dan! ☺️✨

[@mncdssctn9110]

Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays! and so on.

[@Sanya4561]

Feliz Navidad Dan! :D Take care!

[@szymonnowak2053]

Merry Christmas❤🎉!

[@youtube.commentator]

A Christmas miracle

[@Ozzy_Helix_]

would you be interested in taking another look at nava shield rouge avs are kind of retro now

[@rossterjham6988]

Hello dannoct1, i’m from Indonesia 🇮🇩. I'm a big fan of the content you create. Thank you so much for always education people what a dangerous virus in old computer🎉

[@TealTunic]

Merry Christ.mas, Man! 😂❤

[@clubcyberia8572]

Worm.Win32.happyholl.idays

[@Contaminari]

Merry Christmas!

[@THEOxxx197]

Happy holidays !!! Make sure to take care of yourself

[@letcreate123]

Merry Christmas, Dan :)