ThreatExpert Report

Submission Summary:

Submission details:

Submission received: 25 June 2012, 23:55:04
Processing time: 11 min 26 sec
Submitted sample:

File MD5: 0x6E3A17D2CCB13AA3FF2FE9B0CC3DEDD8
File SHA-1: 0x938FA6EDC672EE09263578D55774482B87BACFBA
Filesize: 148,480 bytes

Summary of the findings:

What's been found	Severity Level
Communication with a remote IRC server.
Downloads/requests other files from Internet.
Creates a startup registry entry.

Technical Details:

File System Modifications

The following file was created in the system:

#	Filename(s)	File Size	File Hash	Alias
1	%AppData%\Scxaxs.exe [file and pathname of the sample #1]	148,480 bytes	MD5: 0x6E3A17D2CCB13AA3FF2FE9B0CC3DEDD8 SHA-1: 0x938FA6EDC672EE09263578D55774482B87BACFBA	packed with UPX [Kaspersky Lab]

Note:

%AppData% is a variable that refers to the file system directory that serves as a common repository for application-specific data. A typical path is C:\Documents and Settings\[UserName]\Application Data.

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]	1,433,600 bytes

There were new memory pages created in the address space of the system process(es):

Process Name	Process Filename	Allocated Size
services.exe	%System%\services.exe	319,488 bytes
svchost.exe	%System%\svchost.exe	319,488 bytes
svchost.exe	%System%\svchost.exe	319,488 bytes
svchost.exe	%System%\svchost.exe	319,488 bytes
svchost.exe	%System%\svchost.exe	319,488 bytes
svchost.exe	%System%\svchost.exe	319,488 bytes
alg.exe	%System%\alg.exe	319,488 bytes

Notes:

%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 newly created Registry Value is:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]

Scxaxs = "%AppData%\Scxaxs.exe"

so that Scxaxs.exe runs every time Windows starts

Other details

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

India

There was registered attempt to establish connection with the remote host. The connection details are:

Remote Host	Port Number
199.15.234.7	80

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

http://api.wipmania.com/

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