ThreatExpert Report

Submission Summary:

Submission details:

Submission received: 21 January 2008, 18:56:40
Processing time: 3 min 26 sec
Submitted sample:

File MD5: 0x82FFEB057F0041A1698C1F3940F656D9
Filesize: 189,874 bytes

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 risk was 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.

File System Modifications

The following files were created in the system:

#	Filename(s)	File Size	File Hash
1	%ProgramFiles%\ISM\Uninstall.exe	32,748 bytes	MD5: 0x3297F85F4AE1B37504DA913A0CA22AE1
2	%ProgramFiles%\QdrPack\QdrPack12.exe	356,352 bytes	MD5: 0x5EEACC9A2B631C8775176EF7569C74D7
3	[file and pathname of the sample #1]	189,874 bytes	MD5: 0x82FFEB057F0041A1698C1F3940F656D9

Note:

%ProgramFiles% is a variable that refers to the Program Files folder. A typical path is C:\Program Files.

The following directories were created:

%ProgramFiles%\ISM
%ProgramFiles%\QdrPack

Memory Modifications

There were new processes created in the system:

Process Name	Process Filename	Main Module Size
QdrPack12.exe	%ProgramFiles%\qdrpack\qdrpack12.exe	372,736 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\QdrPack

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]

QdrPack12 = ""%ProgramFiles%\QdrPack\QdrPack12.exe""

so that QdrPack12.exe runs every time Windows starts

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\QdrPack]

Installed = 0x00000001
Version = 0x0000000C
InstallDt = 0x0000363D

Other details

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

http://berlinads3.com/venora/we-connect.php

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