Submission Summary:

• Submission details:
• Submission received: 5 June 2011, 00:09:10
• Processing time: 8 min 35 sec
• Submitted sample:
• File MD5: 0x504FF59FD5414BDB62FFF0315E91B695
• File SHA-1: 0x130E7D69896082E9D83D302581FDF86083A39170
• Filesize: 278,077 bytes
• Alias:
• Spyware.Ardakey!rem [PCTools]
• Spyware.Ardakey [Symantec]
• Trojan-Spy.Win32.Ardamax.t [Kaspersky Lab]
• Spy-Agent.cv [McAfee]
• TSPY_ARDAMAX.HR [Trend Micro]
• TrojanSpy:Win32/Ardamax.BA [Microsoft]
• Trojan-Spy.Win32.Ardamax [Ikarus]
• Dropper/Downloader.817294 [AhnLab]

• Summary of the findings:

What's been found	Severity Level
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
Application.Ardamax_Keylogger	Ardamax Keylogger is a keystroke recorder that captures user's activity and saves it to an encrypted log file. The log file can be viewed with the powerful Log Viewer.

• Attention! The following threat categories were identified:

Threat Category	Description
	A spyware program that represents security risk for a local system
	A keylogger program that can capture all user keystrokes (including confidential details such username, password, credit card number, etc.)

File System Modifications

• The following files were created in the system:

#	Filename(s)	File Size	File Hash	Alias
1	%Temp%\@2.tmp	500,238 bytes	MD5: 0xD424A0902926EB043F5B038608921849 SHA-1: 0x11D933FB8430F854AAA631788245F4CE7E3CC28E	Virus.Win32.Ardamax [Ikarus]
2	%Temp%\Probando.rar	20 bytes	MD5: 0xAD08FE53A5E484EA568D60544EF3F05C SHA-1: 0x18629208273779DFA28472D5DA28542B69B4DFD2	(not available)
3	%System%\28463\SYKB.001	422 bytes	MD5: 0xEB5A221EAE98785D0185CAE4E352785E SHA-1: 0x1716222F8020A272F120262B263FFB6DD3AB2974	(not available)
4	%System%\28463\SYKB.006	7,680 bytes	MD5: 0x9BB764979044A263709A095F707FBF7F SHA-1: 0x6A6FF5611D93C860401B165FF85957FBB340F14C	Spyware.Ardakey!rem [PCTools] Spyware.Ardakey [Symantec] Keylog-Ardamax.dll [McAfee] MonitoringTool:Win32/Ardamax [Microsoft] Application.Keylogger.Ardamax [Ikarus] Win-Trojan/Ardamax.7680 [AhnLab]
5	%System%\28463\SYKB.007	5,632 bytes	MD5: 0xC14F089BE45A2669A608C0CB4B5ED402 SHA-1: 0x6C3168F0AF173AFBC295848AD1BDB480C510097C	Spyware.Ardakey!rem [PCTools] Spyware.Ardakey [Symantec] not-a-virus:Monitor.Win32.Ardamax.271 [Kaspersky Lab] Keylog-Ardamax.dll [McAfee] MonitoringTool:Win32/Ardamax [Microsoft] not-a-virus:Monitor.Win32.Ardamax.o [Ikarus] Win-Trojan/Ardamax.5632 [AhnLab]
6	%System%\28463\SYKB.009	7,911 bytes	MD5: 0xA076CDA707DED7CAB5808E914CADD59A SHA-1: 0x33813A188D2D85E087AE0F3F2D9B249A30BFB8C6	(not available)
7	%System%\28463\SYKB.exe	483,840 bytes	MD5: 0xA10C0EE1F0006CD3F58809EE8A6AB81F SHA-1: 0xC4DCB5BFFAAEA97F7C6D850905A03C001A452D9A	Application.Ardamax_Keylogger [PCTools] Spyware.Ardakey [Symantec] not-a-virus:Monitor.Win32.Ardamax.p [Kaspersky Lab] Keylog-Ardamax [McAfee] MonitoringTool:Win32/Ardamax [Microsoft] Trojan-Spy.Ardamax.J [Ikarus]
8	[file and pathname of the sample #1]	278,077 bytes	MD5: 0x504FF59FD5414BDB62FFF0315E91B695 SHA-1: 0x130E7D69896082E9D83D302581FDF86083A39170	Spyware.Ardakey!rem [PCTools] Spyware.Ardakey [Symantec] Trojan-Spy.Win32.Ardamax.t [Kaspersky Lab] Spy-Agent.cv [McAfee] TSPY_ARDAMAX.HR [Trend Micro] TrojanSpy:Win32/Ardamax.BA [Microsoft] Trojan-Spy.Win32.Ardamax [Ikarus] Dropper/Downloader.817294 [AhnLab]

• Notes:
• %Temp% is a variable that refers to the temporary folder in the short path form. By default, this is C:\Documents and Settings\[UserName]\Local Settings\Temp\ (Windows NT/2000/XP).
• %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).

• The following directory was created:
• %System%\28463

Memory Modifications

• There were new processes created in the system:

• Attention! The following process was intentionally hidden from the user:

Registry Modifications

• The newly created Registry Value is:
• [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
• SYKB Agent = "%System%\28463\SYKB.exe"

so that SYKB.exe runs every time Windows starts

Other details

• To mark the presence in the system, the following Mutex objects were created:
• Local\{E3893ABF-53E0-4228-9A27-1C69FB1D67C2}
• oleacc-msaa-loaded

• There were application-defined hook procedures installed into the hook chain (e.g. to monitor keystrokes). The installed hooks are handled by the following modules:
• %System%\28463\SYKB.exe
• %System%\28463\SYKB.006
• %System%\28463\SYKB.007