not-a-virus:Monitor.Win32.Ardamax.clp (Kaspersky), Gen:Variant.FAkeAlert.105 (B) (Emsisoft), Gen:Variant.FAkeAlert.105 (AdAware), SpyTool.Win32.Ardamax.FD, GenericEmailWorm.YR, SpyToolArdamax.YR (Lavasoft MAS)Behaviour: Worm, EmailWorm, Monitor, SpyTool
The description has been automatically generated by Lavasoft Malware Analysis System and it may contain incomplete or inaccurate information.
Summary
MD5: 52df83eb77c8150f7fd3d0a06a6cd869
SHA1: 8d9825bfe58082eb728f3f6ffe1a60a4c8d4973a
SHA256: 771a3740cc3fd34ea8073c8abedea158740282e1a76bff65afd141e72b17ab7b
SSDeep: 49152:80r6hmOmfmNMwFTmExZmWJap DZ2ekVKvPuY5GhyYppfzs5uG:8WdOumywX o2ekV4uYkj9
Size: 2307584 bytes
File type: EXE
Platform: WIN32
Entropy: Packed
PEID: UPolyXv05_v6
Company: no certificate found
Created at: 2012-04-29 12:18:42
Analyzed on: WindowsXP SP3 32-bit
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.
Dynamic Analysis
Payload
Behaviour | Description |
---|---|
EmailWorm | Worm can send e-mails. |
Process activity
The SpyTool creates the following process(es):
%original file name%.exe:1596
dwwin.exe:536
The SpyTool injects its code into the following process(es):
ARR.exe:476
Mutexes
The following mutexes were created/opened:No objects were found.
File activity
The process ARR.exe:476 makes changes in the file system.
The SpyTool creates and/or writes to the following file(s):
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp\81e_appcompat.txt (1823 bytes)
The process %original file name%.exe:1596 makes changes in the file system.
The SpyTool creates and/or writes to the following file(s):
%System%\UKDKGP\ARR.002 (56 bytes)
%System%\UKDKGP\ARR.001 (80 bytes)
%System%\UKDKGP\ARR.exe (9606 bytes)
%System%\UKDKGP\ARR.004 (1 bytes)
The process dwwin.exe:536 makes changes in the file system.
The SpyTool creates and/or writes to the following file(s):
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp\140D7B.dmp (77987 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\desktop.ini (67 bytes)
Registry activity
The process ARR.exe:476 makes changes in the system registry.
The SpyTool creates and/or sets the following values in system registry:
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "AE 6D 7C DD 6B 88 7F A9 11 98 08 1E 1C 5D 72 27"
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]
"ARR Start" = "%System%\UKDKGP\ARR.exe"
The SpyTool deletes the following registry key(s):
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PCHealth\ErrorReporting\DW]
The SpyTool deletes the following value(s) in system registry:
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PCHealth\ErrorReporting\DW]
"DWFileTreeRoot"
The process %original file name%.exe:1596 makes changes in the system registry.
The SpyTool creates and/or sets the following values in system registry:
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "4C 7F 95 6C A8 4B 3C 88 14 DF 1C 0D 4B 8E 3B 89"
[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"
[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"
[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{b98117e8-75ca-11e2-81b2-000c293708fb}]
"BaseClass" = "Drive"
[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\MUICache\%System%\UKDKGP]
"ARR.exe" = "ARR"
[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\MountPoints2\{c155cd75-744b-11e2-8294-806d6172696f}]
"BaseClass" = "Drive"
[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 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"
The process dwwin.exe:536 makes changes in the system registry.
The SpyTool creates and/or sets the following values in system registry:
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "1A 35 FE C0 F7 07 75 A1 29 66 11 06 9B D2 67 D9"
[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"Cookies" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Cookies"
[HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Hardware Profiles\0001\Software\Microsoft\windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"ProxyEnable" = "0"
[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\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"
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths\path1]
"CacheLimit" = "65452"
[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]
"Directory" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5"
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"Common AppData" = "%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data"
[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\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"
[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"AppData" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data"
[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections]
"SavedLegacySettings" = "3C 00 00 00 1D 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00"
[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"Cache" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files"
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths\path2]
"CacheLimit" = "65452"
[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"Personal" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\My Documents"
Proxy settings are disabled:
[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"ProxyEnable" = "0"
The SpyTool deletes the following value(s) in system registry:
[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"AutoConfigURL"
"ProxyServer"
"ProxyOverride"
Dropped PE files
MD5 | File path |
---|---|
92711372be36753e32f8f405642f3c94 | c:\WINDOWS\system32\UKDKGP\ARR.001 |
e4a425e8d87b40406ff973d1a7d43429 | c:\WINDOWS\system32\UKDKGP\ARR.002 |
b910f5d24e399a13f6aae20535ac05b4 | c:\WINDOWS\system32\UKDKGP\ARR.exe |
HOSTS file anomalies
No changes have been detected.
Rootkit activity
No anomalies have been detected.
Propagation
Removals
Static Analysis
VersionInfo
No information is available.
No information is available.
PE Sections
Name | Virtual Address | Virtual Size | Raw Size | Entropy | Section MD5 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
.text | 4096 | 37460 | 37888 | 4.76985 | 991b1ae68e25eace71694bb07d98ad2b |
.rdata | 45056 | 9134 | 9216 | 3.83622 | 0d8ebd43e3d8721d70cfe257f5103274 |
.data | 57344 | 7456 | 3584 | 1.59596 | 257a85a70bc95b78c867656e34d7f039 |
.rsrc | 65536 | 2250576 | 2250752 | 5.50388 | cf1de4f48bed3b1689d645fa570d5ed5 |
.reloc | 2318336 | 4726 | 5120 | 2.51169 | 977221292473737a0dd22f8fdcef45fc |
Dropped from:
Downloaded by:
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Network Activity
URLs
IDS verdicts (Suricata alerts: Emerging Threats ET ruleset)
Traffic
Map
The SpyTool connects to the servers at the folowing location(s):
Strings from Dumps
ARR.exe_476:
.text
.text
`.rdata
`.rdata
@.data
@.data
.rsrc
.rsrc
usSht
usSht
Ph.VC
Ph.VC
PSSSSSSh
PSSSSSSh
vSSSh
vSSSh
FTPjK
FTPjK
FtPj;
FtPj;
C.PjRV
C.PjRV
tGHt.Ht&
tGHt.Ht&
.EKSWU
.EKSWU
FTPG
FTPG
FTPj
FTPj
FtPS
FtPS
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