Trojan.Win32.Monder.nwpc (Kaspersky), Trojan.Win32.Gbot.aakv (v) (VIPRE), Trojan-Spy.Win32.Ardamax!IK (Emsisoft), SpyTool.Win32.Ardamax.FD, SpyToolArdamax.YR, 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.
Summary
MD5: 594c15687df452ba7abe6cd3f8ebcc40
SHA1: c0609de88cad34bbd9277cd71171421853aafc9e
SHA256: b678681360bbe7b4af82c88313fcd03324352b8a2bdbc682aaaedd189ffc3aaa
SSDeep: 24576:bE9XI3AHtPQPj/7l 7JN11pbsSnnRFhIl6lphjj0kRVbJLpq4lyFzVyU/Nm:bE9XIHPIj1BnnRvO6lphnxtC4gFzVN
Size: 1716736 bytes
File type: PE32
Platform: WIN32
Entropy: Packed
PEID: UPolyXv05_v6
Company: no certificate found
Created at: 2012-09-10 14:01:12
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):
594c15687df452ba7abe6cd3f8ebcc40.exe:388
wuauclt.exe:344
Reader_sl.exe:1064
The SpyTool injects its code into the following process(es):
LJN.exe:1992
File activity
The process LJN.exe:1992 makes changes in a file system.
The SpyTool creates and/or writes to the following file(s):
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\SUS\LJN.004 (708 bytes)
The process 594c15687df452ba7abe6cd3f8ebcc40.exe:388 makes changes in a file system.
The SpyTool creates and/or writes to the following file(s):
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\KNCCQX\LJN.00 (1 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\KNCCQX\LJN.01 (80 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\KNCCQX\LJN.02 (56 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\KNCCQX\LJN.exe (15021 bytes)
The process wuauclt.exe:344 makes changes in a file system.
The SpyTool creates and/or writes to the following file(s):
%WinDir%\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore\Logs\edb.chk (100 bytes)
%WinDir%\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore\Logs\edb.log (2736 bytes)
%WinDir%\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore\DataStore.edb (100 bytes)
The SpyTool deletes the following file(s):
%WinDir%\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore\Logs\tmp.edb (0 bytes)
Registry activity
The process LJN.exe:1992 makes changes in a system registry.
The SpyTool creates and/or sets the following values in system registry:
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "77 C3 81 22 FC 8A 5E 08 00 E6 12 63 87 6C 53 9C"
[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]
"LJN Start" = "%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\KNCCQX\LJN.exe"
The process 594c15687df452ba7abe6cd3f8ebcc40.exe:388 makes changes in a system registry.
The SpyTool creates and/or sets the following values in system registry:
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "15 04 DF FF 46 6F 11 80 22 97 1A 51 E6 75 00 DD"
[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\KNCCQX]
"LJN.exe" = "LJN"
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 Reader_sl.exe:1064 makes changes in a system registry.
The SpyTool creates and/or sets the following values in system registry:
[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{c155cd73-744b-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\{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\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{c155cd75-744b-11e2-8294-806d6172696f}]
"BaseClass" = "Drive"
Network activity (URLs)
No activity has been detected.
Rootkit activity
No anomalies have been detected.
Propagation
Removals
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):
594c15687df452ba7abe6cd3f8ebcc40.exe:388
wuauclt.exe:344 - Delete the original SpyTool file.
- Delete or disinfect the following files created/modified by the SpyTool:
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\SUS\LJN.004 (708 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\KNCCQX\LJN.00 (1 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\KNCCQX\LJN.01 (80 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\KNCCQX\LJN.02 (56 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\KNCCQX\LJN.exe (15021 bytes)
%WinDir%\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore\Logs\edb.chk (100 bytes)
%WinDir%\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore\Logs\edb.log (2736 bytes)
%WinDir%\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore\DataStore.edb (100 bytes) - Delete the following value(s) in the autorun key (How to Work with System Registry):
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"LJN Start" = "%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\KNCCQX\LJN.exe" - Reboot the computer.