ThreatExpert Report: not-a-virus:PSWTool.Win32.MailPassView.130, Hacktool, Generic PUP.x..

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Submission Summary:

Submission details:

Submission received: 12 September 2009, 22:58:51
Processing time: 6 min 0 sec
Submitted sample:

File MD5: 0x4DD0AFCCA8764BCE567EBD853F022DB7
File SHA-1: 0x1308500A94A09E920D26581E290C11CBE4DA78D2
Filesize: 69,515 bytes
Alias & packer info:

Hacktool [Symantec]
not-a-virus:PSWTool.Win32.MailPassView.130 [Kaspersky Lab]
Generic PUP.x [McAfee]
Mal/EncPk-C [Sophos]
not-a-virus:PSWTool.Win32.MailPassView.130 [Ikarus]
packed with: PE_Patch [Kaspersky Lab]

Summary of the findings:

What's been found	Severity Level
Contains characteristics of an identified security risk.

Technical Details:

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Possible Security Risk

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

Security Risk	Description
Application.MailPass_Viewer	MailPass Viewer is a email password recovery application from NirSoft. It enables the user to view all email accounts passwords stored in email applications. We recommend that MailPass Viewer be removed unless installed for a purpose.

Attention! The following threat category was identified:

Threat Category	Description
	A hacktool that could be used by attackers to break into a system

File System Modifications

The following file was created in the system:

#	Filename(s)	File Size	File Hash	Alias
1	[file and pathname of the sample #1]	69,515 bytes	MD5: 0x4DD0AFCCA8764BCE567EBD853F022DB7 SHA-1: 0x1308500A94A09E920D26581E290C11CBE4DA78D2	Hacktool [Symantec] not-a-virus:PSWTool.Win32.MailPassView.130 [Kaspersky Lab] Generic PUP.x [McAfee] Mal/EncPk-C [Sophos] not-a-virus:PSWTool.Win32.MailPassView.130 [Ikarus] packed with PE_Patch [Kaspersky Lab]

Memory Modifications

There was a new process created in the system:

Process Name	Process Filename	Main Module Size
[filename of the sample #1]	[file and pathname of the sample #1]	5,385,099 bytes

Registry Modifications

The following Registry Keys were created:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\NirSoft
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\NirSoft\MailPassView

Other details

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

Israel

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