SpyTool.Win32.Ardamax_1ae4e8f6da
HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic (Kaspersky), Trojan.Win32.Generic.pak!cobra (VIPRE), Win32.SuspectCrc!IK (Emsisoft), SpyTool.Win32.Ardamax.FD, GenericEmailWorm.YR (Lavasoft MAS)
Behaviour: Trojan, Worm, EmailWorm, SpyTool
The description has been automatically generated by Lavasoft Malware Analysis System and it may contain incomplete or inaccurate information.
MD5: 1ae4e8f6dacb025989eb38d93deba580
SHA1: 912514c0da583df8d78ada558b65424bfd3b1d62
SHA256: 30b1cf3db45abaea037e154100c16afd94034cee3839128277015d4921dc77ac
SSDeep: 24576:aGc BoBHuVF1SOT1WhRBUa2kFpwE7as8QZxBgLeel/MsaVBfEf23BWHHvlV85GDz:aIoYr4zUpkFb208CelEVPfEm2PI5GD
Size: 2076160 bytes
File type: EXE
Platform: WIN32
Entropy: Packed
PEID: UPolyXv05_v6
Company: no certificate found
Created at: 2013-08-04 20:51:57
Summary:
SpyTool. A program used to apply passive protection methods to spyware, such as obfuscation, encryption or polymorphism. The original malicious program is usually encrypted/compressed and stored inside the wrapper.
Payload
| Behaviour | Description |
|---|---|
| EmailWorm | Worm can send e-mails. |
Process activity
The SpyTool creates the following process(es):
1ae4e8f6dacb025989eb38d93deba580.exe:2608
The SpyTool injects its code into the following process(es):
PQQ.exe:3124
File activity
The process 1ae4e8f6dacb025989eb38d93deba580.exe:2608 makes changes in a file system.
The SpyTool creates and/or writes to the following file(s):
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\OMGYVN\PQQ.00 (2 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\OMGYVN\PQQ.01 (81 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\OMGYVN\PQQ.02 (56 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\OMGYVN\PQQ.exe (15021 bytes)
Registry activity
The process 1ae4e8f6dacb025989eb38d93deba580.exe:2608 makes changes in a system registry.
The SpyTool creates and/or sets the following values in system registry:
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "94 76 3F B7 D2 89 B4 11 C7 C9 31 E2 40 6E 8F 07"
[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{fdd9f6f3-7454-11e2-b4cd-806d6172696f}]
"BaseClass" = "Drive"
[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap]
"AutoDetect" = "1"
[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\{773a730e-74fb-11e2-b597-000c293bdf2f}]
"BaseClass" = "Drive"
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"Common AppData" = "%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data"
[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\MUICache\%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\OMGYVN]
"PQQ.exe" = "PQQ"
[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{fdd9f6f2-7454-11e2-b4cd-806d6172696f}]
"BaseClass" = "Drive"
[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"AppData" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data"
[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{fdd9f6f5-7454-11e2-b4cd-806d6172696f}]
"BaseClass" = "Drive"
[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"Cache" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files"
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"Common Desktop" = "%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Desktop"
[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"Cookies" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Cookies"
[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"Personal" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\My Documents"
The SpyTool modifies IE settings for security zones to map all web-nodes that bypassing proxy to the Intranet Zone:
[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap]
"ProxyBypass" = "1"
The SpyTool 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 SpyTool 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 process PQQ.exe:3124 makes changes in a system registry.
The SpyTool creates and/or sets the following values in system registry:
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "40 2C 80 51 0B 4B 75 62 3D AB 3C B5 61 17 1B 73"
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"Common Programs" = "%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs"
[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{fdd9f6f3-7454-11e2-b4cd-806d6172696f}]
"BaseClass" = "Drive"
[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{773a730e-74fb-11e2-b597-000c293bdf2f}]
"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\{fdd9f6f2-7454-11e2-b4cd-806d6172696f}]
"BaseClass" = "Drive"
[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"AppData" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data"
[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{fdd9f6f5-7454-11e2-b4cd-806d6172696f}]
"BaseClass" = "Drive"
[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"Personal" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\My Documents"
To automatically run itself each time Windows is booted, the SpyTool adds the following link to its file to the system registry autorun key:
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"PQQ Start" = "%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\OMGYVN\PQQ.exe"
Network activity (URLs)
No activity has been detected.
Rootkit activity
No anomalies have been detected.
Propagation
Remove it with Ad-Aware
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- 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):
1ae4e8f6dacb025989eb38d93deba580.exe:2608
- Delete the original SpyTool file.
- Delete or disinfect the following files created/modified by the SpyTool:
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\OMGYVN\PQQ.00 (2 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\OMGYVN\PQQ.01 (81 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\OMGYVN\PQQ.02 (56 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\OMGYVN\PQQ.exe (15021 bytes) - Delete the following value(s) in the autorun key (How to Work with System Registry):
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"PQQ Start" = "%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\OMGYVN\PQQ.exe" - Reboot the computer.
*Manual removal may cause unexpected system behaviour and should be performed at your own risk.