Gen.Variant.Kazy.127343_85ecd5deda
HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic (Kaspersky), Gen:Variant.Kazy.127343 (B) (Emsisoft), Gen:Variant.Kazy.127343 (AdAware), GenericAutorunWorm.YR, WormAinslot_VariantOfZeus.YR (Lavasoft MAS)
Behaviour: Trojan, Worm, WormAutorun
The description has been automatically generated by Lavasoft Malware Analysis System and it may contain incomplete or inaccurate information.
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MD5: 85ecd5dedac3f17220de28cb609d5901
SHA1: 0103de880013c632518aad2b99da2dab0ce8daa8
SHA256: 4a143d145db8bf39e6756b9495e49cb90c1e145de8361e0a053ff18414e00088
SSDeep: 12288:VoarKewKj7EZp4ib5oUFNB41qMwW/kTH:VJKe1QXFEw4yH
Size: 453632 bytes
File type: EXE
Platform: WIN32
Entropy: Packed
PEID: MicrosoftVisualC, NETexecutable, UPolyXv05_v6
Company: no certificate found
Created at: 2012-12-13 06:39:32
Analyzed on: WindowsXP SP3 32-bit
Summary:
Trojan. A program that appears to do one thing but actually does another (a.k.a. Trojan Horse).
Payload
Behaviour | Description |
---|---|
WormAutorun | A worm can spread via removable drives. It writes its executable and creates "autorun.inf" scripts on all removable drives. The autorun script will execute the Trojan's file once a user opens a drive's folder in Windows Explorer. |
Process activity
The Trojan creates the following process(es):
%original file name%.exe:1600
Application Datawhiteg.exe:376
The Trojan injects its code into the following process(es):
svchost32:1976
Mutexes
The following mutexes were created/opened:
No objects were found.
File activity
The process %original file name%.exe:1600 makes changes in the file system.
The Trojan creates and/or writes to the following file(s):
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Datawhiteg.exe (288 bytes)
The process Application Datawhiteg.exe:376 makes changes in the file system.
The Trojan creates and/or writes to the following file(s):
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp\svchost32 (35 bytes)
Registry activity
The process %original file name%.exe:1600 makes changes in the system registry.
The Trojan creates and/or sets the following values in system registry:
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "D8 1D 42 B9 84 08 7F D4 FE C1 DD AB 91 C7 6C 86"
[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{c155cd73-744b-11e2-8294-806d6172696f}]
"BaseClass" = "Drive"
[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"Cookies" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Cookies"
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"Common Documents" = "%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Documents"
[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"Desktop" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Desktop"
[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{c155cd72-744b-11e2-8294-806d6172696f}]
"BaseClass" = "Drive"
[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{b98117e8-75ca-11e2-81b2-000c293708fb}]
"BaseClass" = "Drive"
[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"AppData" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data"
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"Common Desktop" = "%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Desktop"
[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{c155cd75-744b-11e2-8294-806d6172696f}]
"BaseClass" = "Drive"
[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"Cache" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files"
[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\MUICache\%Documents and Settings%\%current user%]
"Application Datawhiteg.exe" = "Rebecca Giffen Gift"
[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"Personal" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\My Documents"
The Trojan 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 Trojan modifies IE settings for security zones to map all urls to the Intranet Zone:
"IntranetName" = "1"
The Trojan modifies IE settings for security zones to map all web-nodes that bypassing the proxy to the Intranet Zone:
"ProxyBypass" = "1"
The process Application Datawhiteg.exe:376 makes changes in the system registry.
The Trojan creates and/or sets the following values in system registry:
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "8D 36 90 87 75 72 E7 D2 6B 3D 62 44 6C BF 8D 3D"
[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"AppData" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data"
"Cache" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files"
To automatically run itself each time Windows is booted, the Trojan adds the following link to its file to the system registry autorun key:
[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"Windows Package" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Datawhiteg.exe"
The process svchost32:1976 makes changes in the system registry.
The Trojan creates and/or sets the following values in system registry:
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "62 0F 56 A6 1F 3E CF DF 31 39 DC 2D 52 3C FC 58"
[HKCU\Software\VB and VBA Program Settings\INSTALL\DATE]
"PNQ6LAC703" = "December 9, 2014"
[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"AppData" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data"
[HKCU\Software\VB and VBA Program Settings\SrvID\ID]
"PNQ6LAC703" = "Survey Vir"
Dropped PE files
MD5 | File path |
---|---|
0be68a80ac34dd66cc08dc890f54fbdb | c:\Documents and Settings\"%CurrentUserName%"\Application Datawhiteg.exe |
e0d21bee6dae44a7c6e1896d7a8c7463 | c:\Documents and Settings\"%CurrentUserName%"\Local Settings\Temp\svchost32 |
HOSTS file anomalies
No changes have been detected.
Rootkit activity
No anomalies have been detected.
Propagation
A worm can spread via removable drives. It writes its executable and creates "autorun.inf" scripts on all removable drives. The autorun script will execute the Trojan's file once a user opens a drive's folder in Windows Explorer.
VersionInfo
Company Name: Microsoft Corp.
Product Name: Service Application
Product Version: 3.0.0.0
Legal Copyright: Copyright (C) 2012
Legal Trademarks: Copyright (C) 2012
Original Filename: Rebecca.exe
Internal Name: Rebecca.exe
File Version: 3.0.0.0
File Description: Rebecca Giffen Gift
Comments: Gift Card
Language: English (United States)
PE Sections
Name | Virtual Address | Virtual Size | Raw Size | Entropy | Section MD5 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
.text | 8192 | 449652 | 450048 | 5.54233 | de768b0c1df2107fcb114838a2550769 |
.rsrc | 458752 | 2292 | 2560 | 2.3887 | ad4033ab577c9d9874c3acb162957dfb |
.reloc | 466944 | 12 | 512 | 0.070639 | bce1d555dec72adae76dfdf5b2a74f03 |
Dropped from:
Downloaded by:
Similar by SSDeep:
Similar by Lavasoft Polymorphic Checker:
URLs
No activity has been detected.
IDS verdicts (Suricata alerts: Emerging Threats ET ruleset)
Traffic
Web Traffic was not found.
The Trojan connects to the servers at the folowing location(s):
.text
`.data
.rsrc
MSVBVM60.DLL
bss_server.usrReverseRelay
tmrWebHide
bss_server.Socket
bss_server.usrRelay
mswinsck.ocx
MSWinsockLib.Winsock
ieframe.dll
SHDocVwCtl.WebBrowser
WebBrowser
modLaunchWeb
%Program Files% (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\VB98\VB6.OLB
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ieframe.dll
winmm.dll
user32.dll
advapi32.dll
shell32.dll
kernel32.dll
avicap32.dll
advpack.dll
GetAsyncKeyState
SetWindowsHookExA
UnhookWindowsHookEx
GetKeyboardLayout
GetKeyboardState
GetKeyState
SHFileOperationA
CreatePipe
PSAPI.DLL
GetTcpTable
ExitWindowsEx
EnumWindows
WinInet.dll
DeleteUrlCacheEntryA
urlmon
URLDownloadToFileA
ShellExecuteA
keybd_event
AddMsg
CHAT_ADDMSG
VBA6.DLL
C:\Windows\SysWow64\msvbvm60.dll\3
ws2_32.dll
olepro32.dll
GdiplusShutdown
RemotePort
LocalPort
WSOCK32.DLL
RegCloseKey
RegOpenKeyExA
ntdll.dll
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ieframe.oca
6tmrTCP
%Program Files% (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\VB98\mswinsck.oca
tmrUDP
UDPSocket
UDPFlood
ole32.dll
crypt32.dll
oleaut32.dll
RegOpenKeyA
FindNextUrlCacheEntryA
FindFirstUrlCacheEntryA
txtPassword
imgLoginPressed
imgLogin
RegCreateKeyA
RegDeleteKeyA
RegEnumKeyExA
gdi32.dll
FtpDownload
InternetOpenUrlA
FtpUpload
FtpGetFileA
FtpPutFileA
FtpSetCurrentDirectoryA
FtpGetCurrentDirectoryA
FtpOpenFileA
FtpGetFileSize
FtpDeleteFileA
FtpCreateDirectoryA
FtpRemoveDirectoryA
FtpRenameFileA
FtpGetDirectory
Http_DownloadFile
cmdShowfiles
msvbvm60.dll
tmrTCP
?8??8??8??8??8?
2>e%Xdq
uMsg
strMsg
MsgNum
AllMsgs
lngPort
URL_TARGET
Port
Password
WebURL
Returns/Sets the port to be connected to on the remote computer
Returns/Sets the port used on the local computer
Binds socket to specific port and adapter
Occurs after a send operation has completed
revengenet.no-ip.biz
6WT33O5EHE.exe
2c49f800-c2dd-11cf-9ad6-0080c7e7b78d
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1) Gecko/20090612 Firefox/3.5
{00020404-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}
\nir_cmd.bss speak text
\nir_cmd.bss setsysvolume 65535
\nir_cmd.bss mutesysvolume 1
\nir_cmd.bss mutesysvolume 0
\nir_cmd.bss screensaver
\nir_cmd.bss monitor off
\nir_cmd.bss monitor on
PORT
TRANSFERPORT
\rsout.tmp
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\run\
Keylog
Wscript.Shell
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\HTTP\shell\open\command\
\winlogon.exe
iexplore.exe
ADVAPI32.dll
hXXp://VVV.facebook.com/?ref=home
hXXp://VVV.facebook.com
Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)
WebCamCapture
\Vuze\Azureus.exe
\LimeWire\LimeWire.exe
\uTorrent\uTorrent.exe
\uTorrent\uTorrent.exe /HIDE
\BitTorrent\bittorrent.exe
\MSWINSCK.OCX
\cmd.exe
\data.dat
\steam\steam.exe
nkey
dkey
regsvr32.exe
\pws_mail.bss
\pws_mess.bss
\pws_cdk.bss
\pws_ff.bss
\pws_chro.bss
\nir_cmd.bss
cmd /c REG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile /v "DoNotAllowExceptions" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f
cmd /c REG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List /v "
:*:Enabled:Windows Messanger" /f
winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=Impersonate}!\\.\root\cimv2
00000000
winmgmts:\\.\root\cimv2
Select * from Win32_Keyboard
api.ipinfodb.com
GET /v2/ip_query.php?key=
&timezone=off HTTP/1.1
Host: api.ipinfodb.com
GET /v2/ip_query_country.php?key=
Portable
WScript.Shell
winmgmts:\\.\root\SecurityCenter
\wallpaper.bmp
\wallpaper.jpg
WinServer 2003, Web Edition
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProductName
__oxFrame.class__
Scripting.FileSystemObject
Autorun.ini
{557CF401-1A04-11D3-9A73-0000F81EF32E}
{1D5BE4B5-FA4A-452D-9CDD-5DB35105E7EB}
Address family not supported by protocol family.
Operation already in progress.
Operation now in progress.
Socket operation on nonsocket.
Operation not supported.
Protocol family not supported.
Protocol not supported.
Socket type not supported.
Winsock.dll version out of range.
CSocketMaster.SocketExists
CSocketMaster.PostSocket
CSocketMaster.ConnectToIP
CSocketMaster.ResolveIfHostname
CSocketMaster.SendBufferedDataUDP
CSocketMaster.SendBufferedData
abe2869f-9b47-4cd9-a358-c22904dba7f7
/stext mess.dat
\mess.dat
/stext mail.dat
\mail.dat
/stext ffpw.dat
\ffpw.dat
Web Site
Password
/stext chro.dat
\chro.dat
Action URL
SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\Windows NT\CurrentVersion
Windows
SOFTWARE\Classes\Applications\iexplore.exe\shell\open\command
http\shell\open\command
127.0.0.1
\dump.txt
\uTorrent\uTorrent.exe /DIRECTORY
255.255.255.255
finalizarprocessoportas
CONNECT %s:%i HTTP/1.0
SOFTWARE\Classes\http\shell\open\command
Software\Classes\http\shell\open\command
Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore
code.is.a.winner
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\eMule
SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\DigitalProductId
bps1.exe
bhookpl.dll
bnfa.exe
drvloadn.dll
drvloadx.dll
VNCHooks.dll
xr4tdwa.exe
shutdown.exe
TCnRawKeyBoard
HuntHTTPDownload
autorun.inf
hXXps://onlineeast#.bankofamerica.com
winlogon.exe
moz_logins
WEBCAMLIVE
explorer.exe
\system32\userinit.exe
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\run
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
\system32\userinit.exe,
notepad.exe
steam.exe
hl.exe
\rspad.dat
svchost32_1976_rwx_00400000_00078000:
.text
`.data
.rsrc
MSVBVM60.DLL
bss_server.usrReverseRelay
tmrWebHide
bss_server.Socket
bss_server.usrRelay
mswinsck.ocx
MSWinsockLib.Winsock
ieframe.dll
SHDocVwCtl.WebBrowser
WebBrowser
modLaunchWeb
%Program Files% (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\VB98\VB6.OLB
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ieframe.dll
winmm.dll
user32.dll
advapi32.dll
shell32.dll
kernel32.dll
avicap32.dll
advpack.dll
GetAsyncKeyState
SetWindowsHookExA
UnhookWindowsHookEx
GetKeyboardLayout
GetKeyboardState
GetKeyState
SHFileOperationA
CreatePipe
PSAPI.DLL
GetTcpTable
ExitWindowsEx
EnumWindows
WinInet.dll
DeleteUrlCacheEntryA
urlmon
URLDownloadToFileA
ShellExecuteA
keybd_event
AddMsg
CHAT_ADDMSG
VBA6.DLL
C:\Windows\SysWow64\msvbvm60.dll\3
ws2_32.dll
olepro32.dll
GdiplusShutdown
RemotePort
LocalPort
WSOCK32.DLL
RegCloseKey
RegOpenKeyExA
ntdll.dll
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ieframe.oca
6tmrTCP
%Program Files% (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\VB98\mswinsck.oca
tmrUDP
UDPSocket
UDPFlood
ole32.dll
crypt32.dll
oleaut32.dll
RegOpenKeyA
FindNextUrlCacheEntryA
FindFirstUrlCacheEntryA
txtPassword
imgLoginPressed
imgLogin
RegCreateKeyA
RegDeleteKeyA
RegEnumKeyExA
gdi32.dll
FtpDownload
InternetOpenUrlA
FtpUpload
FtpGetFileA
FtpPutFileA
FtpSetCurrentDirectoryA
FtpGetCurrentDirectoryA
FtpOpenFileA
FtpGetFileSize
FtpDeleteFileA
FtpCreateDirectoryA
FtpRemoveDirectoryA
FtpRenameFileA
FtpGetDirectory
Http_DownloadFile
cmdShowfiles
msvbvm60.dll
tmrTCP
?8??8??8??8??8?
2>e%Xdq
uMsg
strMsg
MsgNum
AllMsgs
lngPort
URL_TARGET
Port
Password
WebURL
Returns/Sets the port to be connected to on the remote computer
Returns/Sets the port used on the local computer
Binds socket to specific port and adapter
Occurs after a send operation has completed
revengenet.no-ip.biz
6WT33O5EHE.exe
2c49f800-c2dd-11cf-9ad6-0080c7e7b78d
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1) Gecko/20090612 Firefox/3.5
{00020404-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}
\nir_cmd.bss speak text
\nir_cmd.bss setsysvolume 65535
\nir_cmd.bss mutesysvolume 1
\nir_cmd.bss mutesysvolume 0
\nir_cmd.bss screensaver
\nir_cmd.bss monitor off
\nir_cmd.bss monitor on
PORT
TRANSFERPORT
\rsout.tmp
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\run\
Keylog
Wscript.Shell
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\HTTP\shell\open\command\
\winlogon.exe
iexplore.exe
ADVAPI32.dll
hXXp://VVV.facebook.com/?ref=home
hXXp://VVV.facebook.com
Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)
WebCamCapture
\Vuze\Azureus.exe
\LimeWire\LimeWire.exe
\uTorrent\uTorrent.exe
\uTorrent\uTorrent.exe /HIDE
\BitTorrent\bittorrent.exe
\MSWINSCK.OCX
\cmd.exe
\data.dat
\steam\steam.exe
nkey
dkey
regsvr32.exe
\pws_mail.bss
\pws_mess.bss
\pws_cdk.bss
\pws_ff.bss
\pws_chro.bss
\nir_cmd.bss
cmd /c REG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile /v "DoNotAllowExceptions" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f
cmd /c REG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List /v "
:*:Enabled:Windows Messanger" /f
winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=Impersonate}!\\.\root\cimv2
00000000
winmgmts:\\.\root\cimv2
Select * from Win32_Keyboard
api.ipinfodb.com
GET /v2/ip_query.php?key=
&timezone=off HTTP/1.1
Host: api.ipinfodb.com
GET /v2/ip_query_country.php?key=
Portable
WScript.Shell
winmgmts:\\.\root\SecurityCenter
\wallpaper.bmp
\wallpaper.jpg
WinServer 2003, Web Edition
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProductName
__oxFrame.class__
Scripting.FileSystemObject
Autorun.ini
{557CF401-1A04-11D3-9A73-0000F81EF32E}
{1D5BE4B5-FA4A-452D-9CDD-5DB35105E7EB}
Address family not supported by protocol family.
Operation already in progress.
Operation now in progress.
Socket operation on nonsocket.
Operation not supported.
Protocol family not supported.
Protocol not supported.
Socket type not supported.
Winsock.dll version out of range.
CSocketMaster.SocketExists
CSocketMaster.PostSocket
CSocketMaster.ConnectToIP
CSocketMaster.ResolveIfHostname
CSocketMaster.SendBufferedDataUDP
CSocketMaster.SendBufferedData
abe2869f-9b47-4cd9-a358-c22904dba7f7
/stext mess.dat
\mess.dat
/stext mail.dat
\mail.dat
/stext ffpw.dat
\ffpw.dat
Web Site
Password
/stext chro.dat
\chro.dat
Action URL
SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\Windows NT\CurrentVersion
Windows
SOFTWARE\Classes\Applications\iexplore.exe\shell\open\command
http\shell\open\command
127.0.0.1
\dump.txt
\uTorrent\uTorrent.exe /DIRECTORY
255.255.255.255
finalizarprocessoportas
CONNECT %s:%i HTTP/1.0
SOFTWARE\Classes\http\shell\open\command
Software\Classes\http\shell\open\command
Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore
code.is.a.winner
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\eMule
SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\DigitalProductId
bps1.exe
bhookpl.dll
bnfa.exe
drvloadn.dll
drvloadx.dll
VNCHooks.dll
xr4tdwa.exe
shutdown.exe
TCnRawKeyBoard
HuntHTTPDownload
autorun.inf
hXXps://onlineeast#.bankofamerica.com
winlogon.exe
moz_logins
WEBCAMLIVE
explorer.exe
\system32\userinit.exe
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\run
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
\system32\userinit.exe,
notepad.exe
steam.exe
hl.exe
\rspad.dat
Remove it with Ad-Aware
- Click (here) to download and install Ad-Aware Free Antivirus.
- Update the definition files.
- Run a full scan of your computer.
Manual removal*
- Terminate malicious process(es) (How to End a Process With the Task Manager):
%original file name%.exe:1600
Application Datawhiteg.exe:376 - Delete the original Trojan file.
- Delete or disinfect the following files created/modified by the Trojan:
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Datawhiteg.exe (288 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp\svchost32 (35 bytes) - Delete the following value(s) in the autorun key (How to Work with System Registry):
[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"Windows Package" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Datawhiteg.exe" - Find and delete all copies of the worm's file together with "autorun.inf" scripts on removable drives.
- Reboot the computer.
*Manual removal may cause unexpected system behaviour and should be performed at your own risk.