Submission Summary:

• Submission details:
• Submission received: 23 July 2008, 06:59:43
• Processing time: 9 min 9 sec
• Submitted sample:
• File MD5: 0x25ACA272DF8A67689F24BC10967E0E3A
• File SHA-1: 0x9687EAF9D1A39D19AD2646BF5DDAE65E32532601
• Filesize: 43,008 bytes

• Summary of the findings:

What's been found	Severity Level
Hosts file modification that may block access to the security web sites.
Creates a startup registry entry.

Technical Details:

File System Modifications

• The following file was created in the system:

#	Filename(s)	File Size	File Hash
1	[file and pathname of the sample #1] %System%\sysdbmg.exe	43,008 bytes	MD5: 0x25ACA272DF8A67689F24BC10967E0E3A SHA-1: 0x9687EAF9D1A39D19AD2646BF5DDAE65E32532601

• Note:
• %System% is a variable that refers to the System folder. By default, this is C:\Windows\System (Windows 95/98/Me), C:\Winnt\System32 (Windows NT/2000), or C:\Windows\System32 (Windows XP).

Memory Modifications

• There were new processes created in the system:

Process Name	Process Filename	Main Module Size
sysdbmg.exe	%System%\sysdbmg.exe	69,632 bytes
[filename of the sample #1]	[file and pathname of the sample #1]	69,632 bytes

Registry Modifications

• The following Registry Keys were created:
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ESENT\Process\ipconfig
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ESENT\Process\ipconfig\DEBUG

• The newly created Registry Values are:
• [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ESENT\Process\ipconfig\DEBUG]
• Trace Level = ""
• [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
• System DB Manager = "sysdbmg.exe"

so that sysdbmg.exe runs every time Windows starts

Other details

• To mark the presence in the system, the following Mutex objects were created:
• V6
• V6x

• The HOSTS file was updated with the following URL-to-IP mappings:

• The following Host Name was requested from a host database:
• xtc.zerolost.org

• There was registered attempt to establish connection with the remote host. The connection details are: