ThreatExpert Report: Adware.Adsponsor, not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.AdBand.ac, Downloader.MisleadApp..

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Submission Summary:

Submission details:

Submission received: 31 October 2008, 16:56:54
Processing time: 6 min 9 sec
Submitted sample:

File MD5: 0x3F0ADDF292091A4B76C13D7D79A3DAA9
File SHA-1: 0xEC31A00051D50EFB8E2AA4FDB6313F1554685B4B
Filesize: 226,698 bytes
Alias:

Adware.Adsponsor [PCTools]
Downloader.MisleadApp [Symantec]
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.AdBand.ac [Kaspersky Lab]
Adware-ISM [McAfee]
Adware:Win32/InternetSpeedMonitor [Microsoft]

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 risks were 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.
Adware.ISMonitor!sd6	Adware.ISMonitor!sd6 is a potentially unwanted adware program that could be used to display various pop-up advertisements.
Trojan-Downloader.MisleadApp!sd6	Trojan-Downloader.MisleadApp!sd6 attempts to download malicious files to the local computer and execute them.

Attention! The following threat categories were identified:

Threat Category	Description
	A potentially unwanted adware program designed to deliver various advertisements to the users' systems
	A program that downloads files to the local computer that may represent security risk

File System Modifications

The following files were created in the system:

#	Filename(s)	File Size	File Hash	Alias
1	%Programs%\Internet Speed Monitor\Check Now.lnk	622 bytes	MD5: 0x6927E3351668F5B29998C84E00ECF76E SHA-1: 0x9A92E22BBD156B65D7A71F2BA1E014FF6426CB7C	(not available)
2	%Programs%\Internet Speed Monitor\Uninstall.lnk	658 bytes	MD5: 0xB5DB8CED3BCCC0B0D3B5395B3ABF3ECD SHA-1: 0x2A9C5ED3B8A0D85C9A96B1FB3C5048B83AECC243	(not available)
3	%ProgramFiles%\ISM\ism.exe	237,568 bytes	MD5: 0xA6C126F526A2F4A823D24FC49D3E8142 SHA-1: 0x3E8888B520263E5E0257C89703660D61D6768FE8	Adware.ISMonitor!sd6 [PCTools] Adware.ISMonitor [Symantec] Generic PUP.x [McAfee]
4	%ProgramFiles%\ISM\Uninstall.exe	32,659 bytes	MD5: 0x33E7793EC3C66F1951AA054ED30228A1 SHA-1: 0x0CCDFFEA888D7F6D7F14D29F884486F90BEAA636	(not available)
5	%ProgramFiles%\QdrModule\QdrModule16.exe	364,544 bytes	MD5: 0x544F3274F0D73001A46A79B8286996D5 SHA-1: 0xE6F46FBA91E0C392ED2DAB9C4351949B6FA03B27	Trojan-Downloader.MisleadApp!sd6 [PCTools] Downloader.MisleadApp [Symantec] not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.AdBand.ac [Kaspersky Lab] Adware-ISM [McAfee] Adware:Win32/InternetSpeedMonitor [Microsoft]
6	[file and pathname of the sample #1]	226,698 bytes	MD5: 0x3F0ADDF292091A4B76C13D7D79A3DAA9 SHA-1: 0xEC31A00051D50EFB8E2AA4FDB6313F1554685B4B	Adware.Adsponsor [PCTools] Downloader.MisleadApp [Symantec] not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.AdBand.ac [Kaspersky Lab] Adware-ISM [McAfee] Adware:Win32/InternetSpeedMonitor [Microsoft]

Notes:

%Programs% is a variable that refers to the file system directory that contains the user's program groups. A typical path is C:\Documents and Settings\[UserName]\Start Menu\Programs.
%ProgramFiles% is a variable that refers to the Program Files folder. A typical path is C:\Program Files.

The following directories were created:

%Programs%\Internet Speed Monitor
%ProgramFiles%\ISM
%ProgramFiles%\QdrModule

Memory Modifications

There were new processes created in the system:

Process Name	Process Filename	Main Module Size
QdrModule16.exe	%ProgramFiles%\qdrmodule\qdrmodule16.exe	380,928 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\QdrModule

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]

QdrModule16 = ""%ProgramFiles%\QdrModule\QdrModule16.exe""

so that QdrModule16.exe runs every time Windows starts

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\QdrModule]

Installed = 0x00000001
aid = "28"
Version = 0x00000010
InstallDt = 0x0000375C

Other details

Analysis of the file resources indicate the following possible country of origin:

Russian Federation

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

http://popads123.com/venora/we-connect.php

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