ThreatExpert Report: Trojan.Win32.FakeXPA, RogueAntiSpyware.AntiVirusPro, AntiVirus2009..

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Submission Summary:

Submission details:

Submission received: 21 February 2009, 00:06:26
Processing time: 6 min 43 sec
Submitted sample:

File MD5: 0x973F20B0E26D6FF19793CF1662752C72
File SHA-1: 0x2DE05C54D5EB59CCEDF266DC2561FA8B5FA640E0
Filesize: 1,098,752 bytes
Alias & packer info:

Trojan.Win32.FakeXPA [Ikarus]
packed with: Molebox [Kaspersky Lab]

Summary of the findings:

What's been found	Severity Level
Contains characteristics of a rogue antispyware application that uses aggressive and deceptive advertising along with false reports of exaggerated system security threats to persuade users to download and purchase their product.
Downloads/requests other files from Internet.
Packed with a packer that is known to be used by malware (e.g. to complicate threat analysis or detection).
Contains characteristics of an identified security risk.

Technical Details:

Possible Security Risk

Attention! Characteristics of the following security risks were identified in the system:

Security Risk	Description
RogueAntiSpyware.Antivir64	Antivir64 acts as an antivirus program which produces false detections. It requests the user to subscribe or purchase in order to remove detections.
RogueAntiSpyware.AntiVirusPro	RogueAntiSpyware.AntiVirusPro is a Rogue Anti-Spyware product which comes bundled along with a malicious downloader. It is downloaded and installed without the users consent.

File System Modifications

The following files were created in the system:

#	Filename(s)	File Size	File Hash	Alias
1	%DesktopDir%\Antivirus 2009.lnk	670 bytes	MD5: 0xCE121BFD31850C56EF5A26FFD6564545 SHA-1: 0xF91D090391194B46CCD17EFC62D1BD4035EDD359	(not available)
2	%StartMenu%\Antivirus 2009\Antivirus 2009.lnk	676 bytes	MD5: 0x8706D33AD5964554DE4240D577181FA7 SHA-1: 0x970E39627FD91BE407E5DE63FB34B9648865165B	(not available)
3	%StartMenu%\Antivirus 2009\Uninstall Antivirus 2009.lnk	698 bytes	MD5: 0xAB0B227D981A393E567F58892A85F36E SHA-1: 0xA9543F4B1372D5BC9CF678E800DD44A2A5A42C61	(not available)
4	[file and pathname of the sample #1]	1,098,752 bytes	MD5: 0x973F20B0E26D6FF19793CF1662752C72 SHA-1: 0x2DE05C54D5EB59CCEDF266DC2561FA8B5FA640E0	Trojan.Win32.FakeXPA [Ikarus] packed with Molebox [Kaspersky Lab]
5	%System%\scui.cpl	78,336 bytes	MD5: 0xB69DAF8D44CBBB438DD86240C4960D07 SHA-1: 0x8AC658BDB8F999FE81A0182606A12D9C8B7F2D46	RogueAntiSpyware.AntiVirusPro [PCTools] AntiVirus2009 [Symantec] not-a-virus:FraudTool.Win32.XPAntivirus.oj [Kaspersky Lab] FakeAlert-AB [McAfee] TROJ_FAKEALER.GV [Trend Micro] Troj/FakeAle-GZ [Sophos] Trojan:Win32/FakeXPA [Microsoft] PHISH.FraudTool.XPAntivirus [Ikarus]

Notes:

%DesktopDir% is a variable that refers to the file system directory used to physically store file objects on the desktop. A typical path is C:\Documents and Settings\[UserName]\Desktop.
%StartMenu% is a variable that refers to the file system directory containing Start menu items. A typical path is C:\Documents and Settings\[UserName]\Start Menu.
%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:

%StartMenu%\Antivirus 2009

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]	3,153,920 bytes

Registry Modifications

The following Registry Keys were created:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\79E8E3351BAE84B46A325C5D397A6332
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\79E8E3351BAE84B46A325C5D397A6332\Options

The newly created Registry Values are:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer]

UserSession = "79E8E3351BAE84B46A325C5D397A6332"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\79E8E3351BAE84B46A325C5D397A6332\Options]

AdvancedScanType = "1"
FirstRunUrl = "http://protectionsecurityupdate.cn/firstrun.php?product=%product%&aff=%aff%&update=%update%&crypt=g"
AfterRegisterUrl = "http://protectionsecurityupdate.cn/confirm.php?product=%product%&aff=%aff%&email=%email%&update=%update%&cookie_type=%cookie_type%&cookie=%cookie%"
LabelUrl = ""
TermsUrl = "http://protectionsecurityupdate.cn/terms.php"
HelpURL = "http://protectionsecurityupdate.cn/help.php"
BillingURL = "http://protectionsecurityupdate.cn/license.php?Email=%email%&AffiliateID=%aff%"
BillingUrlApproved = ""
TransactionKey = "XsHrUGEutblgVFNM"
BillingRegURL = "http://protectionsecurityupdate.cn/order_xp.php?ver=%aff%"
BillingURL2 = ""
BillingUrlApproved2 = ""
LastRun = "10/19/2008"
InstallDate = "10/19/2008"
pPath = "[file and pathname of the sample #1]"
pName = "Antivirus 2009"
SecurityVector = "0000000000000000000000000"
Scans = "1"
LastScan = "19.10.2008 18:44:30"

Other details

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

Russian Federation

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

http://protectionsecurityupdate.cn/firstrun.php?product=AV9&aff=&update=2601/av2009&crypt=g&time=6:44:29 PM

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