SearchProtectToolbar_215f1a45f2

by malwarelabrobot on October 4th, 2015 in Malware Descriptions.

HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic (Kaspersky), Backdoor.Win32.PcClient.FD, Trojan.NSIS.StartPage.FD, SearchProtectToolbar.YR (Lavasoft MAS)
Behaviour: Trojan, Backdoor


The description has been automatically generated by Lavasoft Malware Analysis System and it may contain incomplete or inaccurate information.

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Summary
Dynamic Analysis
Static Analysis
Network Activity
Map
Strings from Dumps
Removals

MD5: 215f1a45f2d9180bf04563cba70bc318
SHA1: d370e2f084745e421c5527516cbfb21b82e629de
SHA256: f0aaa415bce12883ea17e61bbca37cf83579526ee15c9d0fbd8d4d7977121558
SSDeep: 98304:ztrbTA1II8F/lw0WbuRJOPA D8yoxCLthGdAJp:Jc1KtlwBuREPH8yo6tJp
Size: 3703175 bytes
File type: EXE
Platform: WIN32
Entropy: Packed
PEID: UPolyXv05_v6
Company: no certificate found
Created at: 2012-01-29 23:32:28
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

No specific payload has been found.

Process activity

The Trojan creates the following process(es):

%original file name%.exe:1152
PowerIS06.exe:272
netsh.exe:308

The Trojan injects its code into the following process(es):

PowerISO6.exe:1676
RunDll32.exe:1288
igfxpers.exe:572

Mutexes

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

File activity

The process %original file name%.exe:1152 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\aut1.tmp (23346 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp\PowerISO6.exe (20504 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp\PowerIS06.exe (3225 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp\aut2.tmp (1337 bytes)

The Trojan deletes the following file(s):

%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp\aut1.tmp (0 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp\aut2.tmp (0 bytes)

The process PowerISO6.exe:1676 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\nsr5.tmp\InstOpt.dll (1552 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp\nsr5.tmp\System.dll (11 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp\nsr5.tmp\OCSetupHlp.dll (28288 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp\sp-downloader.exe (2392 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp\nsl4.tmp (195945 bytes)

The Trojan deletes the following file(s):

%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp\nsr5.tmp (0 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp\nsg3.tmp (0 bytes)

The process PowerIS06.exe:272 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\igfxpers.exe (1281 bytes)

The process RunDll32.exe:1288 makes changes in the file system.
The Trojan creates and/or writes to the following file(s):

%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\W9MNGLIJ\desktop.ini (67 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\desktop.ini (67 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\OXEVKLMR\desktop.ini (67 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\8FVLKSZR\desktop.ini (67 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\KTYF4TEF\desktop.ini (67 bytes)
%System%\wbem\Logs\wbemprox.log (7500 bytes)

The process igfxpers.exe:572 makes changes in the file system.
The Trojan creates and/or writes to the following file(s):

%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\dc75d1d4ffbb0f0a1291940192d4d141.exe (6405 bytes)

Registry activity

The process %original file name%.exe:1152 makes changes in the system registry.
The Trojan creates and/or sets the following values in system registry:

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "74 E2 32 93 4A B3 46 26 26 D6 99 F0 FB 57 B0 F2"

[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"
"Startup" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup"

[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\ShellNoRoam\MUICache\C:\DOCUME~1\"%CurrentUserName%"\LOCALS~1\Temp]
"PowerISO6.exe" = "PowerISO Setup"

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

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

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\MUICache\C:\DOCUME~1\"%CurrentUserName%"\LOCALS~1\Temp]
"PowerIS06.exe" = ""

The Trojan 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 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:

"UNCAsIntranet" = "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 PowerISO6.exe:1676 makes changes in the system registry.
The Trojan creates and/or sets the following values in system registry:

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "E9 EF D3 16 99 FF 7F FE 5C D8 2A DF 98 FC D7 7F"

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

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

[HKCU\Software\PowerISO]
"TbInstallFlag2" = "0"
"TbInstallFlag" = "0"

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

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\PowerISO]
"TbShowFlag" = "2"

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

The process PowerIS06.exe:272 makes changes in the system registry.
The Trojan creates and/or sets the following values in system registry:

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "6B 10 A2 9E EE FC B5 54 40 C3 69 64 88 1C C3 EB"

[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"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\MUICache\C:\DOCUME~1\"%CurrentUserName%"\LOCALS~1\Temp]
"igfxpers.exe" = ""

[HKCU\Software\dc75d1d4ffbb0f0a1291940192d4d141]
"US" = "@"

[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"

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

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{c155cd75-744b-11e2-8294-806d6172696f}]
"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\{b98117e8-75ca-11e2-81b2-000c293708fb}]
"BaseClass" = "Drive"

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

[HKCU\Environment]
"SEE_MASK_NOZONECHECKS" = "1"

[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 web-nodes that bypassing the proxy to the Intranet Zone:

"ProxyBypass" = "1"

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

"IntranetName" = "1"

The process netsh.exe:308 makes changes in the system registry.
The Trojan creates and/or sets the following values in system registry:

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\eappprxy\traceIdentifier]
"Guid" = "5f31090b-d990-4e91-b16d-46121d0255aa"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\qagent]
"Active" = "1"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\QUtil\traceIdentifier]
"Guid" = "8aefce96-4618-42ff-a057-3536aa78233e"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\FWCFG]
"MaxFileSize" = "1048576"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\NAP\Netsh]
"ControlFlags" = "1"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\qagent]
"ControlFlags" = "1"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\NAP\Netsh]
"Active" = "1"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\FWCFG]
"ConsoleTracingMask" = "4294901760"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\NAP\Netsh\Napmontr]
"BitNames" = " NAP_TRACE_BASE NAP_TRACE_NETSH"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\eappprxy]
"Active" = "1"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\eappcfg\traceIdentifier]
"BitNames" = " Error Unusual Info Debug"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\eappcfg]
"Active" = "1"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\eappprxy\traceIdentifier]
"BitNames" = " Error Unusual Info Debug"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\eappcfg]
"ControlFlags" = "1"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\FWCFG]
"EnableFileTracing" = "0"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\eappcfg]
"LogSessionName" = "stdout"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\NAP\Netsh\Napmontr]
"Guid" = "710adbf0-ce88-40b4-a50d-231ada6593f0"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\QUtil]
"Active" = "1"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\eappprxy]
"LogSessionName" = "stdout"
"ControlFlags" = "1"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\qagent\traceIdentifier]
"Guid" = "b0278a28-76f1-4e15-b1df-14b209a12613"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\eappcfg\traceIdentifier]
"Guid" = "5f31090b-d990-4e91-b16d-46121d0255aa"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\FWCFG]
"EnableConsoleTracing" = "0"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\QUtil\traceIdentifier]
"BitNames" = " Error Unusual Info Debug"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "F3 6F F6 12 81 FD 28 F6 17 CD EE EE B6 79 54 E3"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\FWCFG]
"FileDirectory" = "%windir%\tracing"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\QUtil]
"LogSessionName" = "stdout"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\qagent]
"LogSessionName" = "stdout"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\FWCFG]
"FileTracingMask" = "4294901760"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\NAP\Netsh]
"LogSessionName" = "stdout"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\qagent\traceIdentifier]
"BitNames" = " Error Unusual Info Debug"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\QUtil]
"ControlFlags" = "1"

Adds a rule to the firewall Windows which allows any network activity:

[HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List\%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp]
"igfxpers.exe" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp\igfxpers.exe:*:Enabled:igfxpers.exe"

The process RunDll32.exe:1288 makes changes in the system registry.
The Trojan 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"

[HKCR\TypeLib\{A8A8FC8F-45DF-4720-B6D9-F8CE7E1483A2}\1.0\0\win32]
"(Default)" = "C:\DOCUME~1\"%CurrentUserName%"\LOCALS~1\Temp\nsr5.tmp\OCSetupHlp.dll"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"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"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows Script\Settings]
"JITDebug" = "0"

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

[HKCR\TypeLib\{A8A8FC8F-45DF-4720-B6D9-F8CE7E1483A2}\1.0\HELPDIR]
"(Default)" = "C:\DOCUME~1\"%CurrentUserName%"\LOCALS~1\Temp\nsr5.tmp"

[HKCR\TypeLib\{A8A8FC8F-45DF-4720-B6D9-F8CE7E1483A2}\1.0]
"(Default)" = "OCValidateLib"

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

[HKCR\TypeLib\{A8A8FC8F-45DF-4720-B6D9-F8CE7E1483A2}\1.0\FLAGS]
"(Default)" = "0"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "08 D8 C7 A6 01 A7 05 AB B9 90 3C 3E B1 15 8B E4"

[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"

Proxy settings are disabled:

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

The Trojan deletes the following registry key(s):

[HKCR\TypeLib\{A8A8FC8F-45DF-4720-B6D9-F8CE7E1483A2}\1.0\HELPDIR]
[HKCR\TypeLib\{A8A8FC8F-45DF-4720-B6D9-F8CE7E1483A2}\1.0\FLAGS]
[HKCR\TypeLib\{A8A8FC8F-45DF-4720-B6D9-F8CE7E1483A2}\1.0\0]
[HKCR\TypeLib\{A8A8FC8F-45DF-4720-B6D9-F8CE7E1483A2}\1.0]
[HKCR\TypeLib\{A8A8FC8F-45DF-4720-B6D9-F8CE7E1483A2}\1.0\0\win32]
[HKCR\TypeLib\{A8A8FC8F-45DF-4720-B6D9-F8CE7E1483A2}]

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

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

The process igfxpers.exe:572 makes changes in the system registry.
The Trojan creates and/or sets the following values in system registry:

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "CE A3 C4 47 A5 69 71 50 34 DC 2B 1D 58 5F 46 6D"

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

"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]
"dc75d1d4ffbb0f0a1291940192d4d141" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp\igfxpers.exe .."

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"dc75d1d4ffbb0f0a1291940192d4d141" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp\igfxpers.exe .."

Dropped PE files

MD5 File path
5a8186bb48db8234ad05c18c1a4a41cf c:\Documents and Settings\"%CurrentUserName%"\Local Settings\Temp\PowerIS06.exe
3113497b7ef6aa0a7d236cde58670c46 c:\Documents and Settings\"%CurrentUserName%"\Local Settings\Temp\PowerISO6.exe
5a8186bb48db8234ad05c18c1a4a41cf c:\Documents and Settings\"%CurrentUserName%"\Local Settings\Temp\igfxpers.exe
14b9885d98946ed769f3507690f83f0d c:\Documents and Settings\"%CurrentUserName%"\Local Settings\Temp\nsr5.tmp\InstOpt.dll
0783eba8ac87193609d19d71b8427072 c:\Documents and Settings\"%CurrentUserName%"\Local Settings\Temp\nsr5.tmp\OCSetupHlp.dll
c17103ae9072a06da581dec998343fc1 c:\Documents and Settings\"%CurrentUserName%"\Local Settings\Temp\nsr5.tmp\System.dll
9fb9d49c2db7edd1084ab765d619f5c6 c:\Documents and Settings\"%CurrentUserName%"\Local Settings\Temp\sp-downloader.exe
5a8186bb48db8234ad05c18c1a4a41cf c:\Documents and Settings\"%CurrentUserName%"\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\dc75d1d4ffbb0f0a1291940192d4d141.exe

HOSTS file anomalies

No changes have been detected.

Rootkit activity

No anomalies have been detected.

Propagation

VersionInfo

Company Name:
Product Name:
Product Version: 3.3.8.1
Legal Copyright: Copyright(c) 2004-2014
Legal Trademarks:
Original Filename:
Internal Name:
File Version: 6.0.0.0
File Description: PowerISO Setup
Comments: Power Software Ltd
Language: English (United States)

PE Sections

Name Virtual Address Virtual Size Raw Size Entropy Section MD5
.text 4096 525852 526336 4.63347 61ffce4768976fa0dd2a8f6a97b1417a
.rdata 532480 57280 57344 3.32693 0354bc5f2376b5e9a4a3ba38b682dff1
.data 589824 108376 26624 1.49032 8033f5a38941b4685bc2299e78f31221
.rsrc 700416 37764 37888 3.83941 b963d0080ac77325495c8242e4108c88

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URLs

URL IP
hxxp://api.opencandy.com/?bn=3&bv=6.00.2900.5512&clientv=101&cltzone=180&csk=15916953577315061588-12371450053361214768&language=en,en&method=get_offers&mstime=0.328&num_offers=2&os=WIN5.1SP3&product_key=e3097e0858ba5638b820aeebfa8df51e&tm=2015-10-03 10:34:23.854&v=1.0&signature=c785615124063e54a659e151c1b057bc 162.209.122.21
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hxxp://cdn3.opencandy.com/templates/9073/0/68240.png 88.221.132.220


IDS verdicts (Suricata alerts: Emerging Threats ET ruleset)

ET MALWARE W32/OpenCandy Adware Checkin

Traffic

GET /templates/9073/0/68240.png HTTP/1.1
Accept: */*
Host: cdn3.opencandy.com
Connection: Keep-Alive


HTTP/1.1 200 OK
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x-amz-request-id: 473BA2D5D101969D
Last-Modified: Wed, 23 Sep 2015 20:25:52 GMT
ETag: "bfa5a5a23f1a1049da952270a672d6d4"
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Content-Type: image/png
Content-Length: 23224
Server: AmazonS3
Cache-Control: max-age=274
Date: Sat, 03 Oct 2015 10:34:15 GMT
Connection: keep-alive
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Server: Apache
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The Trojan connects to the servers at the folowing location(s):

PowerISO6.exe_1676:

.text
`.rdata
@.data
.ndata
.rsrc
uDSSh
.DEFAULT\Control Panel\International
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
GetWindowsDirectoryA
KERNEL32.dll
ExitWindowsEx
USER32.dll
GDI32.dll
SHFileOperationA
ShellExecuteA
SHELL32.dll
RegEnumKeyA
RegCreateKeyExA
RegCloseKey
RegDeleteKeyA
RegOpenKeyExA
ADVAPI32.dll
COMCTL32.dll
ole32.dll
VERSION.dll
verifying installer: %d%%
unpacking data: %d%%
... %d%%
hXXp://nsis.sf.net/NSIS_Error
~nsu.tmp
%u.%u%s%s
RegDeleteKeyExA
%s=%s
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ME~1\"%CurrentUserName%"\LOCALS~1\Temp\nsr5.tmp\System.dll
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\DOCUME~1\"%CurrentUserName%"\LOCALS~1\Temp\nsr5.tmp
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\DOCUME~1\"%CurrentUserName%"\LOCALS~1\Temp\nsr5.tmp\System.dll
ShellExecuteExA
MSVCRT.dll
InstOpt.dll
.ashdisc
SHDeleteKeyA
shlwapi.dll
PowerISO %s
\PowerISO.exe,0
\PowerISO.exe "%1"
regsvr32.exe
PWRISOSH.DLL
PortugueseBR
RICHED20.DLL
hXXp://info.trovi.com/searchprotect/uninstall
hXXp://info.trovi.com/searchprotect/about
hXXp://info.trovi.com/Privacy
hXXp://info.trovi.com/Eula
user32.dll
Gdi32.dll
hXXp://VVV.poweriso.com/thankyou.htm
hXXp://VVV.poweriso.com/thank-you-for-installing.htm
hXXp://VVV.poweriso.com/thank-you.htm
PowerISO_Setup.txt
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons\
PWRISOVM.EXE
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\
kernel32.dll
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0"><assemblyIdentity version="1.0.0.0" processorArchitecture="X86" name="Nullsoft.NSIS.exehead" type="win32"/><description>Nullsoft Install System v2.46</description><dependency><dependentAssembly><assemblyIdentity type="win32" name="Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls" version="6.0.0.0" processorArchitecture="X86" publicKeyToken="6595b64144ccf1df" language="*" /></dependentAssembly></dependency><trustInfo xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3"><security><requestedPrivileges><requestedExecutionLevel level="requireAdministrator" uiAccess="false"/></requestedPrivileges></security></trustInfo><compatibility xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:compatibility.v1"><application><supportedOS Id="{35138b9a-5d96-4fbd-8e2d-a2440225f93a}"/><supportedOS Id="{e2011457-1546-43c5-a5fe-008deee3d3f0}"/></application></compatibility></assembly>
If you elect to change your browser settings via Search Protect, your settings preferences will be applied to Chrome
, Firefox
If you elect to change your browser settings via your web browser, Search Protect will be disabled for that setting, therefore its ability to prevent third-party software from changing your settings will be halted.
In Chrome, browser settings can be changed via the Chrome menu or wrench icon. In Firefox, settings can be changed via the Firefox button or Tools menu. In Internet Explorer, settings can be changed via the gear icon or Tools menu. For all three browsers, new tab setting can be restored by opening a new tab and clicking "Restore" on the bottom of the page.
You can uninstall Search Protect at any time by using the standard uninstall process that is available as part of your operating system. In Microsoft Windows
Please read the following important information and terms before continuing.
PowerISO Virtual Drive requires Windows2000/XP or above.
04090000
6.0.0.0

PowerISO6.exe_1676_rwx_10004000_00001000:

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RunDll32.exe_1288:

.text
`.data
.rsrc
msvcrt.dll
KERNEL32.dll
NTDLL.DLL
GDI32.dll
USER32.dll
IMAGEHLP.dll
rundll32.pdb
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.manifest
5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2105)
RUNDLL.EXE
Windows
Operating System
5.1.2600.5512
YThere is not enough memory to run the file %s.
Please close other windows and try again.
9The file %s or one of its components could not be opened.
0The file %s or one of its components cannot run.
MThe file %s or one of its components requires a different version of Windows.
UThe file %s or one of its components cannot run in standard or enhanced mode Windows.3Another instance of the file %s is already running./An exception occurred while trying to run "%s"
Error in %s
Missing entry:%s
Error loading %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:1152
    PowerIS06.exe:272
    netsh.exe:308

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

    %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp\aut1.tmp (23346 bytes)
    %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp\PowerISO6.exe (20504 bytes)
    %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp\PowerIS06.exe (3225 bytes)
    %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp\aut2.tmp (1337 bytes)
    %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp\nsr5.tmp\InstOpt.dll (1552 bytes)
    %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp\nsr5.tmp\System.dll (11 bytes)
    %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp\nsr5.tmp\OCSetupHlp.dll (28288 bytes)
    %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp\sp-downloader.exe (2392 bytes)
    %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp\nsl4.tmp (195945 bytes)
    %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp\igfxpers.exe (1281 bytes)
    %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\W9MNGLIJ\desktop.ini (67 bytes)
    %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\desktop.ini (67 bytes)
    %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\OXEVKLMR\desktop.ini (67 bytes)
    %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\8FVLKSZR\desktop.ini (67 bytes)
    %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\KTYF4TEF\desktop.ini (67 bytes)
    %System%\wbem\Logs\wbemprox.log (7500 bytes)
    %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\dc75d1d4ffbb0f0a1291940192d4d141.exe (6405 bytes)

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

    [HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
    "dc75d1d4ffbb0f0a1291940192d4d141" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp\igfxpers.exe .."

    [HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
    "dc75d1d4ffbb0f0a1291940192d4d141" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp\igfxpers.exe .."

  5. Clean the Temporary Internet Files folder, which may contain infected files (How to clean Temporary Internet Files folder).
  6. Reboot the computer.

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

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