Romanian Script Kiddies and the Screensavers Botnet

Shall we turn into zombies, and peek into the modest botnet courtesy of Romanian script kiddies, that are currently spamming postcard.scr greeting cards? Meet the script kiddies. This botnet is going nowhere mostly because knowing how to compile an IRC bot doesn't necessarily mean you posses a certain know-how, a know-how that experienced botnet masters have been outsourcing for years. Malware is obtained through links pointing to :

xhost.ro/filehost/phrame.php?action=saveDownload&fileId=15735
xhost.ro/filehost/phrame.php?action=editDownload&fileId=12923
xhost.ro/filehost/phrame.php?action=saveDownload&fileId=3656
xhost.ro/filehost/phrame.php?action=editDownload&fileId=10936

Scanners result : Result: 22/32 (68.75%)
Trojan.Zapchas.F; IRC/BackDoor.Flood; Backdoor.IRC.Zapchast
File size: 735139 bytes
MD5...: 015e5826084f2302b4b2c3237a62e244
SHA1..: 7d05949f6dfffdc58033c9d8b86210a9bd34897c

Sample traffic output :
"NICK Mq2kC01
USER las "" "pic.kauko.lt" :Px7aW6
USER las "" "Helsinki.FI.EU.Undernet.org" :Px7aW6
USERHOST Mq2kC01
NICK :Rk1zK50
AWAY :Eu te scuip in cap si'n gura, tu ma pupi in cur si'n pula =))!
MODE Mq2kC01 +i
ISON loverboy loveru SirDulce
JOIN #madarfakar
USER kzg "" "Helsinki.FI.EU.Undernet.org" :Ho5xI1
NICK :Vm3uF52
MODE Mq2kC01 +wx"

And in next couple of hours, the most interesting domain that joined the IRC channel was :

Ny2fW15 is fwuser@mails.legislature.maine.gov * Kg1jT7
Ny2fW15 on #madarfakar
Ny2fW15 using Noteam.Vs.undernet.org I'm too lazy to edit ircd.conf
Ny2fW15 is away: Eu te scuip in cap si'n gura, tu ma pupi in cur si'n pula =))!
Ny2fW15 has been idle 1min 31secs, signed on Fri Apr 04 12:05:17
Ny2fW15 End of /WHOIS list.

This botnet's futile attempt to scale is a great example of the growing importance of knowlege and experience empowered botnet masters, as a key success factor for sustainability, and also, basic understanding of economic forces, namely, when they're not making an investment there cannot be a return on investment on their efforts at the first place. Take a peek at the efficiency level of remote file inclusion achieved by another botnet, and at alternative botnet C&C channels courtesy of botnet masters realizing that diversity is vital.