Submission Summary:

• Submission details:
• Submission received: 28 September 2009, 11:11:44
• Processing time: 7 min 29 sec
• Submitted sample:
• File MD5: 0x51F34837A6D73D10C8A912FFD838CC70
• File SHA-1: 0xC8669E3716B9C8A5BD85B1A11EE4FBCF3A0945A6
• Filesize: 204,208 bytes
• Alias & packer info:
• Adware.Gen [Symantec]
• not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent.otl [Kaspersky Lab]
• Mal/Generic-A [Sophos]
• Adware.Signed-Win32.SurfAccuracy [Ikarus]
• Win-Trojan/Xema.variant [AhnLab]
• packed with: UPX [Kaspersky Lab]

• Summary of the findings:

What's been found	Severity Level
Downloads/requests other files from Internet.
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.WhenU_SaveNow	SaveNow shows targeted pop-up advertisements and coupons based on user's Internet surfing habits. It is usually distributed with other third party software such as BearShare.

• Attention! The following threat category was identified:

Threat Category	Description
	A potentially unwanted adware program designed to deliver various advertisements to the users' systems

File System Modifications

• The following files were created in the system:

#	Filename(s)	File Size	File Hash	Alias
1	%System%\advantage.mht	0 bytes	MD5: 0xD41D8CD98F00B204E9800998ECF8427E SHA-1: 0xDA39A3EE5E6B4B0D3255BFEF95601890AFD80709	(not available)
2	[file and pathname of the sample #1]	204,208 bytes	MD5: 0x51F34837A6D73D10C8A912FFD838CC70 SHA-1: 0xC8669E3716B9C8A5BD85B1A11EE4FBCF3A0945A6	Adware.Gen [Symantec] not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent.otl [Kaspersky Lab] Mal/Generic-A [Sophos] Adware.Signed-Win32.SurfAccuracy [Ikarus] Win-Trojan/Xema.variant [AhnLab] packed with UPX [Kaspersky Lab]

• 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).

Registry Modifications

• The following Registry Keys were created:
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Explorer Bars\{D367A4AF-8202-4173-A115-9831108F1E0A}
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\AdVantage
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AdVantage

• The newly created Registry Values are:
• [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Explorer Bars\{D367A4AF-8202-4173-A115-9831108F1E0A}]
• BarSize = B0 01 00 00 00 00 00 00
• [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\AdVantage]
• UninstallString = "%System%\AdVUninst.exe -kAdVantage"
• DisplayName = "AdVantage"
• [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AdVantage]
• DbgInfo = " "
• accid = "632"
• PartnerB = "DEFA"

Other details

• Analysis of the file resources indicate the following possible countries of origin:

	Russian Federation
	Canada

• To mark the presence in the system, the following Mutex object was created:
• AdVantageMUTEXcontextual

• The data identified by the following URL was then requested from the remote web server:
• http://config.poweredbyadvantage .com/advantage/advantage.cfg.php?cfg_ver=nocfg&gz= 1&idn=1270&hwd=835b2be5e485733e9e982db1ff315c88&ac =632&sac=&campaign=&ver=1010015&dbg=