MD5: 1c01c7a1c0d18c376d295522f096a5cb
SHA1: 11302fe33d0709fa45f6e58da7b0a349c307c091
SHA256: 78f41311fb9de70bbd40a077548b8d21a17a10c796e90b499e5ff5966e47e29e
SSDeep: 6144: H54ej6/QkejjTljoeHANhE/vvTetuz1Kup990naGUV0OYo4Q2SODNdG9Z6: HWunpoeHqAvvTetuQup9jGG0OL4QHOk
Size: 360448 bytes
File type: EXE
Platform: WIN32
Entropy: Fake-AV
PEID: UPolyXv05_v6
Company: no certificate found
Created at: 2006-02-04 06:33:50
Analyzed on: WindowsXP SP3 32-bit

Summary:

FakeAV programs generate exaggerated threat reports on the compromised computer then ask the user to purchase a registered version to remove those reported threats.

Payload

No specific payload has been found.

Process activity

The Fake-AV creates the following process(es):

%original file name%.exe:1092

The Fake-AV injects its code into the following process(es):

livesp.exe:1236

File activity

The process %original file name%.exe:1092 makes changes in the file system.
The Fake-AV creates and/or writes to the following file(s):

%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\529C510800002D1200000CC3D151FC4E\livesp.exe (172913 bytes)

The process livesp.exe:1236 makes changes in the file system.
The Fake-AV creates and/or writes to the following file(s):

%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Start Menu\Programs\Live Security Platinum\Live Security Platinum.lnk (2 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Start Menu\Programs\Live Security Platinum\Live Security Platinum Support Site.url (133 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\529C510800002D1200000CC3D151FC4E\529C510800002D1200000CC3D151FC4E (23744 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Desktop\Live Security Platinum.lnk (2 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Desktop\Live Security Platinum Support Site.url (133 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Start Menu\Programs\Live Security Platinum\Uninstall.lnk (3 bytes)

The Fake-AV deletes the following file(s):

C:\%original file name%.exe (0 bytes)

Registry activity

The process %original file name%.exe:1092 makes changes in the system registry.
The Fake-AV creates and/or sets the following values in system registry:

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "5D 29 4B F4 3C BB EE A6 AF CB 06 F0 04 02 30 71"

The process livesp.exe:1236 makes changes in the system registry.
The Fake-AV creates and/or sets the following values in system registry:

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{c155cd72-744b-11e2-8294-806d6172696f}]
"BaseClass" = "Drive"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Live Security Platinum]
"DisplayIcon" = "%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\529C510800002D1200000CC3D151FC4E\livesp.exe,0"

[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 Start Menu" = "%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu"

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

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{c155cd73-744b-11e2-8294-806d6172696f}]
"BaseClass" = "Drive"

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

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{c155cd75-744b-11e2-8294-806d6172696f}]
"BaseClass" = "Drive"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Live Security Platinum]
"ShortcutPath" = "%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\529C510800002D1200000CC3D151FC4E\livesp.exe -u"

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

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"Common Desktop" = "%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Desktop"
"Common Documents" = "%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Documents"
"CommonVideo" = "%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Documents\My Videos"
"CommonMusic" = "%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Documents\My Music"

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

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"CommonPictures" = "%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Documents\My Pictures"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Live Security Platinum]
"UninstallString" = "%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\529C510800002D1200000CC3D151FC4E\livesp.exe -u"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "A5 D9 D0 F2 F9 C6 51 E0 F8 2B D3 3B 4D 45 3F 0A"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"Desktop" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Desktop"
"Programs" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Start Menu\Programs"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{b98117e8-75ca-11e2-81b2-000c293708fb}]
"BaseClass" = "Drive"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Installer\Products\5AA459100808351A080814CBD95A0456]
"(Default)" = "1"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Live Security Platinum]
"DisplayName" = "Live Security Platinum"

To automatically run itself each time Windows is booted, the Fake-AV adds the following link to its file to the system registry autorun key:

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce]
"529C510800002D1200000CC3D151FC4E" = "%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\529C510800002D1200000CC3D151FC4E\livesp.exe"

Dropped PE files

There are no dropped PE files.

HOSTS file anomalies

No changes have been detected.

Rootkit activity

No anomalies have been detected.

Screenshot

VersionInfo

Company Name: 9k54SGZxotR28L
Product Name: I3xm4E
Product Version: 80.249.20.249
Legal Copyright:
Legal Trademarks:
Original Filename: pYmfUT
Internal Name: P8dJFVMaLOLsln
File Version: 80.249.20.249
File Description: nVh2rVkfX
Comments:
Language: English (United States)

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 Fake-AV connects to the servers at the folowing location(s):

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shlwapi.dll

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user32.dll

COMCTL32.dll

SHLWAPI.dll

MSIMG32.dll

GetProcessHeap

KERNEL32.dll

EnumChildWindows

USER32.dll

GDI32.dll

COMDLG32.dll

RegOpenKeyExA

RegCreateKeyA

RegCloseKey

ADVAPI32.dll

ShellExecuteA

SHFileOperationA

SHELL32.dll

ole32.dll

OLEAUT32.dll

GetCPInfo

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WUSER32.DLL

6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-980)

Windows

Operating System

6.1.7600.16385

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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:1092
   

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

   %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\529C510800002D1200000CC3D151FC4E\livesp.exe (172913 bytes)
   %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Start Menu\Programs\Live Security Platinum\Live Security Platinum.lnk (2 bytes)
   %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Start Menu\Programs\Live Security Platinum\Live Security Platinum Support Site.url (133 bytes)
   %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\529C510800002D1200000CC3D151FC4E\529C510800002D1200000CC3D151FC4E (23744 bytes)
   %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Desktop\Live Security Platinum.lnk (2 bytes)
   %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Desktop\Live Security Platinum Support Site.url (133 bytes)
   %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Start Menu\Programs\Live Security Platinum\Uninstall.lnk (3 bytes)

4. Delete the following value(s) in the autorun key (How to Work with System Registry):
   

   [HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce]
   "529C510800002D1200000CC3D151FC4E" = "%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\529C510800002D1200000CC3D151FC4E\livesp.exe"

5. Reboot the computer.
   

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