ThreatExpert Report: not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.iBryte.x

Submission Summary:

Submission details:

Submission received: 18 September 2012, 19:07:04
Processing time: 9 min 5 sec
Submitted sample:

File MD5: 0xDCE79F18794D158AC2427361FF505920
File SHA-1: 0x40C2297BA1A0DB68354D9779B21E65E6D5339520
Filesize: 678,496 bytes
Alias: not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.iBryte.x [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! 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	%Temp%\lock.temp	10 bytes	MD5: 0x3A61BF1744EB364AF52E107AEC676F62 SHA-1: 0x9B8F6D881F3700B43E092EC45A071753012FD4CF	(not available)
2	[file and pathname of the sample #1]	678,496 bytes	MD5: 0xDCE79F18794D158AC2427361FF505920 SHA-1: 0x40C2297BA1A0DB68354D9779B21E65E6D5339520	not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.iBryte.x [Kaspersky Lab]

Note:

%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).

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]	749,568 bytes

Other details

The following Internet Connections were established:

Server Name	Server Port	Connect as User	Connection Password
impressions-proxy-1085035873.us-east-1.elb.amazonaws.com	0	(null)	(null)
install2.optimum-installer.com	0	(null)	(null)

The following GET request was made:

config/PDFCreator/offers.json?version=1.0&pid=installer&ts=2012-09-18T18:50:42.6867529Z

The following HTTP URLs were started reading:

http://impressions-proxy-1085035873.us-eas t-1.elb.amazonaws.com/impression.do/?user_id=3f024 afa-f939-424d-9383-b4a01c73c5f3&event=setup_run&sp source=google_pdfcreator-display-transparent-US-33 6x280&subid=windows%207&subid2=www.windows7downloa..
http://impressions-proxy-1085035873.us-eas t-1.elb.amazonaws.com/impression.do/?user_id=3f024 afa-f939-424d-9383-b4a01c73c5f3&event=dpi_1&spsour ce=google_pdfcreator-display-transparent-US-336x28 0&subid=windows%207&subid2=www.windows7download.co..
http://impressions-proxy-1085035873.us-eas t-1.elb.amazonaws.com/impression.do/?user_id=3f024 afa-f939-424d-9383-b4a01c73c5f3&event=json_install er_initialize_15&spsource=google_pdfcreator-displa y-transparent-US-336x280&subid=windows%207&subid2=..
http://impressions-proxy-1085035873.us-eas t-1.elb.amazonaws.com/impression.do/?user_id=3f024 afa-f939-424d-9383-b4a01c73c5f3&event=install_bad_ config&spsource=google_pdfcreator-display-transpar ent-US-336x280&referrer=http://install2.optimum-in..

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