MD5: f941c3c3df6769b9fd20850cf12d4f72
SHA1: 61b9e907326c7ea3611dbc0516967a151f4b5683
SHA256: 606c48b71fc8a45517cceaf28ad12609ddc9234ebd2c4be36e47f52df9fdb715
SSDeep: 6144:eJh4P3Xf5eNWov4PZLeRd6Ru94 rsnB989:qCBeN3v4036OTo/89
Size: 304840 bytes
File type: EXE
Platform: WIN32
Entropy: Not Packed
PEID: UPolyXv05_v6
Company: no certificate found
Created at: 2012-04-30 14:17:12
Analyzed on: WindowsXP SP3 32-bit

Summary:

Adware. Delivers advertising content in a manner or context that may be unexpected and unwanted by users. Many adware applications also perform tracking functions. Users may want to remove adware if they object to such tracking, do not wish to see the advertising caused by the program or are frustrated by its effects on system performance.

Payload

No specific payload has been found.

Process activity

The PUP creates the following process(es):

%original file name%.exe:464

The PUP injects its code into the following process(es):
No processes have been created.

Mutexes

The following mutexes were created/opened:
No objects were found.

File activity

The process %original file name%.exe:464 makes changes in the file system.
The PUP creates and/or writes to the following file(s):

%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\{fbe43e4c-aa10-f666-fbe4-43e4caa1f932}\f941c3c3df6769b9fd20850cf12d4f72.dat (6 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\desktop.ini (67 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\{fbe43e4c-aa10-f666-fbe4-43e4caa1f932}\%original file name%.exe (12729 bytes)
%WinDir%\Tasks\PhotoGuide.job (450 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\History\History.IE5\desktop.ini (159 bytes)

Registry activity

The process %original file name%.exe:464 makes changes in the system registry.
The PUP creates and/or sets the following values in system registry:

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths]
"Directory" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths\path4]
"CacheLimit" = "65452"
"CachePath" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\Cache4"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths\path2]
"CacheLimit" = "65452"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"AppData" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data"

"Cookies" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Cookies"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths\path2]
"CachePath" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\Cache2"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"Common AppData" = "%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"Cache" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files"

[HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Hardware Profiles\0001\Software\Microsoft\windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"ProxyEnable" = "0"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths\path1]
"CacheLimit" = "65452"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections]
"SavedLegacySettings" = "3C 00 00 00 1B 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "80 21 53 E3 0A 5A 82 D7 D9 44 BC 78 19 47 E3 BF"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\c39481f8130efad6]
"(Default)" = "znLFwIlhf EElmlhabCPT6y2j00LYc1mDsj06syCkYTfUZCXult27oydmPr4mEsulf659XROBogBqokZT"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths\path1]
"CachePath" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\Cache1"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths\path3]
"CacheLimit" = "65452"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"MigrateProxy" = "1"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"History" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\History"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths\path3]
"CachePath" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\Cache3"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths]
"Paths" = "4"

The PUP modifies IE settings for security zones to map all local web-nodes with no dots which do not refer to any zone to the Intranet Zone:

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap]
"UNCAsIntranet" = "1"

The PUP modifies IE settings for security zones to map all web-nodes that bypassing the proxy to the Intranet Zone:

"ProxyBypass" = "1"

Proxy settings are disabled:

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"ProxyEnable" = "0"

The PUP modifies IE settings for security zones to map all urls to the Intranet Zone:

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap]
"IntranetName" = "1"

The PUP deletes the following value(s) in system registry:

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"AutoConfigURL"
"ProxyServer"
"ProxyOverride"

Dropped PE files

HOSTS file anomalies

No changes have been detected.

Rootkit activity

No anomalies have been detected.

Propagation

VersionInfo

No information is available.

PE Sections

Dropped from:

Downloaded by:

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URLs

No activity has been detected.

IDS verdicts (Suricata alerts: Emerging Threats ET ruleset)

Traffic

Web Traffic was not found.

The PUP connects to the servers at the folowing location(s):

Remove it with Ad-Aware

1. Click (here) to download and install Ad-Aware Free Antivirus.
2. Update the definition files.
3. Run a full scan of your computer.

Manual removal*

1. Terminate malicious process(es) (How to End a Process With the Task Manager):
   

   %original file name%.exe:464

2. Delete the original PUP file.
   
3. Delete or disinfect the following files created/modified by the PUP:
   

   %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\{fbe43e4c-aa10-f666-fbe4-43e4caa1f932}\f941c3c3df6769b9fd20850cf12d4f72.dat (6 bytes)
   %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\desktop.ini (67 bytes)
   %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\{fbe43e4c-aa10-f666-fbe4-43e4caa1f932}\%original file name%.exe (12729 bytes)
   %WinDir%\Tasks\PhotoGuide.job (450 bytes)
   %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\History\History.IE5\desktop.ini (159 bytes)

*Manual removal may cause unexpected system behaviour and should be performed at your own risk.