ThreatExpert Report: Adware-ISM, TROJ

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Submission Summary:

Submission details:

Submission received: 25 May 2008, 00:19:28
Processing time: 3 min 26 sec
Submitted sample:

File MD5: 0x217B03C1FE9DD4386157795C06FD9A27
File SHA-1: 0x35B5C1F3C08C88D5D22B50E0221393237C59FCC2
Filesize: 189,038 bytes
Alias:

Adware-ISM [McAfee]
TROJ_NSIS.AA [Trend Micro]

Summary of the findings:

What's been found	Severity Level
Downloads/requests other files from Internet.
Creates a startup registry entry.
Contains characteristics of an identified security risk.

Technical Details:

Possible Security Risk

Attention! Characteristics of the following security risk was identified in the system:

Security Risk	Description
Adware.Adsponsor	Adsponsor is a Browser Helper Object which was installed by other malware. It contacts remote servers and display pop up advertisements. Adsponsor is a potential unwanted software.

File System Modifications

The following files were created in the system:

#	Filename(s)	File Size	File Hash	Alias
1	%ProgramFiles%\ISM\Uninstall.exe	32,749 bytes	MD5: 0x361B87949290D927C57249A653974767 SHA-1: 0xF0C6D91B91909DE176AE4342DB145156CC8893E8	(not available)
2	%ProgramFiles%\QdrPack\QdrPack14.exe	352,256 bytes	MD5: 0xC485AD7B74C11D95816CBA483C93234B SHA-1: 0x9B1CE155BB42A250B8551541281660D6B8A07215	Adware-ISM [McAfee]
3	[file and pathname of the sample #1]	189,038 bytes	MD5: 0x217B03C1FE9DD4386157795C06FD9A27 SHA-1: 0x35B5C1F3C08C88D5D22B50E0221393237C59FCC2	Adware-ISM [McAfee] TROJ_NSIS.AA [Trend Micro]

Note:

%ProgramFiles% is a variable that refers to the Program Files folder. A typical path is C:\Program Files.

The following directories were created:

%ProgramFiles%\ISM
%ProgramFiles%\QdrPack

Memory Modifications

There were new processes created in the system:

Process Name	Process Filename	Main Module Size
QdrPack14.exe	%ProgramFiles%\qdrpack\qdrpack14.exe	368,640 bytes
[filename of the sample #1]	[file and pathname of the sample #1]	184,320 bytes

Registry Modifications

The following Registry Keys were created:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ISM
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\QdrPack

The newly created Registry Values are:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ISM]

DisplayName = "Internet Speed Monitor"
UninstallString = "%ProgramFiles%\ISM\Uninstall.exe"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]

QdrPack14 = ""%ProgramFiles%\QdrPack\QdrPack14.exe""

so that QdrPack14.exe runs every time Windows starts

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\QdrPack]

Installed = 0x00000001
Registered = 0x00000001
Version = 0x0000000E
InstallDt = 0x0000363D

Other details

The data identified by the following URL was then requested from the remote web server:

http://berlinads3.com/venora/we-connect.php

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