SpyTool.Win32.Ardamax_7554b56d7d

by malwarelabrobot on November 14th, 2013 in Malware Descriptions.

MonitoringTool:Win32/Ardamax (Microsoft), HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic (Kaspersky), Trojan.Win32.Ardamax.nbq (v) (VIPRE), Trojan.KeyLogger.20652 (DrWeb), Gen:Variant.FAkeAlert.105 (B) (Emsisoft), Win32.SuspectCrc (Ikarus), Gen:Variant.FAkeAlert.105 (FSecure), Ardamax.BZV (AVG), Win32:Malware-gen (Avast), SpyTool.Win32.Ardamax.FD, GenericEmailWorm.YR (Lavasoft MAS)
Behaviour: Trojan, Worm, EmailWorm, Monitor, SpyTool


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

Summary
Technical Details
Removal Recommendations

MD5: 7554b56d7d89cd5c59222ac136e64768
SHA1: 23601662653b29ec49debe68c4d6b251ae2e2cc1
SHA256: db365e75a2eb0062e94701e7b22ed3430e697b7bba792bad6fd133bf85a8affe
SSDeep: 49152:IOlNJyZ/uXvhvm01wlrU74d2fJNSPmkhNQ:IO7J4WvhvmUwlrxdISPmk/Q
Size: 2055680 bytes
File type: EXE
Platform: WIN32
Entropy: Packed
PEID: UPolyXv05_v6
Company: no certificate found
Created at: 2013-08-12 18:48:48


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):

%original file name%.exe:184

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

LKF.exe:488

File activity

The process %original file name%.exe:184 makes changes in the file system.
The SpyTool creates and/or writes to the following file(s):

%Program Files%\XYIAGH\LKF.01 (81408 bytes)
%Program Files%\XYIAGH\LKF.00 (2197 bytes)
%Program Files%\XYIAGH\LKF.exe (4509184 bytes)
%Program Files%\XYIAGH\LKF.02 (56320 bytes)

Registry activity

The process LKF.exe:488 makes changes in the system registry.
The SpyTool creates and/or sets the following values in system registry:

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "0B 6E AB E6 47 1D 2E 1F 1D 6C A4 B2 28 BB F5 7E"

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

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{91167d45-103d-11db-8c91-806d6172696f}]
"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\{d8c0d8da-77bd-11e0-bb02-000c293bc0fd}]
"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\{91167d42-103d-11db-8c91-806d6172696f}]
"BaseClass" = "Drive"

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

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{ebcf8d94-66db-11de-b228-806d6172696f}]
"BaseClass" = "Drive"

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]
"LKF Start" = "%Program Files%\XYIAGH\LKF.exe"

The process %original file name%.exe:184 makes changes in the system registry.
The SpyTool creates and/or sets the following values in system registry:

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "9F 81 6B D0 F8 9B 46 27 68 C8 6B 7C 1C 40 CF 10"

[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\Документы"

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

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{91167d45-103d-11db-8c91-806d6172696f}]
"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\%Program Files%\XYIAGH]
"LKF.exe" = "LKF"

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

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{d8c0d8da-77bd-11e0-bb02-000c293bc0fd}]
"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\{91167d42-103d-11db-8c91-806d6172696f}]
"BaseClass" = "Drive"

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

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

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{ebcf8d94-66db-11de-b228-806d6172696f}]
"BaseClass" = "Drive"

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 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:

"UNCAsIntranet" = "1"

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

"ProxyBypass" = "1"

Network activity (URLs)

No activity has been detected.

HOSTS file anomalies

No changes have been detected.

Rootkit activity

No anomalies have been detected.

Propagation


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:184

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

    %Program Files%\XYIAGH\LKF.01 (81408 bytes)
    %Program Files%\XYIAGH\LKF.00 (2197 bytes)
    %Program Files%\XYIAGH\LKF.exe (4509184 bytes)
    %Program Files%\XYIAGH\LKF.02 (56320 bytes)

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

    [HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
    "LKF Start" = "%Program Files%\XYIAGH\LKF.exe"

  5. Reboot the computer.

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

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