SpyTool.Win32.Ardamax_765c4f8fce
HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic (Kaspersky), Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT (VIPRE), Trojan-Spy.Win32.Ardamax!IK (Emsisoft), SpyTool.Win32.Ardamax.FD, GenericEmailWorm.YR (Lavasoft MAS)
Behaviour: Trojan-Spy, Trojan, Worm, EmailWorm, SpyTool
The description has been automatically generated by Lavasoft Malware Analysis System and it may contain incomplete or inaccurate information.
MD5: 765c4f8fceecebc2e243361756910909
SHA1: 0a1bada5a04550cb9077e71f7f0d2e964d6a92cb
SHA256: 398e4a31b6c27504648469d88229388aa1993c0642609a127a068d9784b21bab
SSDeep: 49152:ofTQR1hc54hXu52FtiYqT5PltSnR0HQ53qDu:ocNcqe52FtbqNtsR0HQ3
Size: 2060288 bytes
File type: PE32
Platform: WIN32
Entropy: Packed
PEID: UPolyXv05_v6
Company: no certificate found
Created at: 2013-07-17 21:04:19
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):
765c4f8fceecebc2e243361756910909.exe:1288
The SpyTool injects its code into the following process(es):
OJQ.exe:1076
File activity
The process 765c4f8fceecebc2e243361756910909.exe:1288 makes changes in a file system.
The SpyTool creates and/or writes to the following file(s):
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\JLWBUN\OJQ.01 (82 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\JLWBUN\OJQ.02 (57 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\JLWBUN\OJQ.00 (2 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\JLWBUN\OJQ.exe (15021 bytes)
Registry activity
The process 765c4f8fceecebc2e243361756910909.exe:1288 makes changes in a system registry.
The SpyTool creates and/or sets the following values in system registry:
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "33 FB E7 5F 6E 2F 5E 9E 63 6A 09 1C FF 32 AA E8"
[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\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"Cache" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files"
[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"
[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\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]
"Personal" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\My Documents"
[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\MUICache\%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\JLWBUN]
"OJQ.exe" = "OJQ"
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:
[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap]
"UNCAsIntranet" = "1"
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 process OJQ.exe:1076 makes changes in a system registry.
The SpyTool creates and/or sets the following values in system registry:
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "1C 71 40 96 33 4D 8C CB 46 76 19 9F 87 43 0B 88"
[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{c155cd73-744b-11e2-8294-806d6172696f}]
"BaseClass" = "Drive"
[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\{c155cd72-744b-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\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"AppData" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data"
[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{b98117e8-75ca-11e2-81b2-000c293708fb}]
"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]
"OJQ Start" = "%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\JLWBUN\OJQ.exe"
Network activity (URLs)
No activity has been detected.
Rootkit activity
No anomalies have been detected.
Propagation
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):
765c4f8fceecebc2e243361756910909.exe:1288
- Delete the original SpyTool file.
- Delete or disinfect the following files created/modified by the SpyTool:
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\JLWBUN\OJQ.01 (82 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\JLWBUN\OJQ.02 (57 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\JLWBUN\OJQ.00 (2 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\JLWBUN\OJQ.exe (15021 bytes) - Delete the following value(s) in the autorun key (How to Work with System Registry):
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"OJQ Start" = "%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\JLWBUN\OJQ.exe" - Reboot the computer.
*Manual removal may cause unexpected system behaviour and should be performed at your own risk.