ThreatExpert Report: Adware-ISM

Submission Summary:

Submission details:

Submission received: 11 June 2008, 21:02:58
Processing time: 4 min 28 sec
Submitted sample:

File MD5: 0x2BC0129B4CC0D6FFC1E62A4707C7ADFD
File SHA-1: 0x080A8B98AA6C22DC58D92F55F49AEC16F036C3BE
Filesize: 188,959 bytes

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	32,746 bytes	MD5: 0x3AC24B14AF81786AAE90995CAB7FF2DE SHA-1: 0xC4C139B4C67800236C0A2704F94AFFD9F2FE6069	(not available)
2	%ProgramFiles%\QdrPack\QdrPack15.exe	352,256 bytes	MD5: 0x94AC2EB918BBA273C0DDB9B2517AA01E SHA-1: 0x59180FD7EEA5CB2C8F20B44C278B772FAAA01E13	Adware-ISM [McAfee]
3	[file and pathname of the sample #1]	188,959 bytes	MD5: 0x2BC0129B4CC0D6FFC1E62A4707C7ADFD SHA-1: 0x080A8B98AA6C22DC58D92F55F49AEC16F036C3BE	(not available)

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
QdrPack15.exe	%ProgramFiles%\qdrpack\qdrpack15.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]

QdrPack15 = ""%ProgramFiles%\QdrPack\QdrPack15.exe""

so that QdrPack15.exe runs every time Windows starts

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\QdrPack]

Installed = 0x00000001
Registered = 0x00000001
Version = 0x0000000F
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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