Submission Summary:

What's been foundSeverity Level
Creates a startup registry entry.
Registers a 32-bit in-process server DLL.
Contains characteristics of an identified security risk.

 

Technical Details:

 

Possible Security Risk

Threat CategoryDescription
A potentially unwanted adware program designed to deliver various advertisements to the users' systems
A spyware program that represents security risk for a local system

 

File System Modifications

#Filename(s)File SizeFile HashAlias
1 %CommonPrograms%\Ares Gold\Ares Gold.lnk 647 bytes MD5: 0x4FEDCAD634155968BFAB6F4A4961DB1F
SHA-1: 0xAFBA5D456EC26690312C3FF1E0432950DA186EE6
(not available)
2 %DesktopDir%\Ares Gold.lnk 635 bytes MD5: 0xDB7FB004EB529B463E547F0F158D38C9
SHA-1: 0x0ABD1C37BEDA090947FF9CBB7107FE5E78525299
(not available)
3 %AppData%\Microsoft\Windows Media\9.0\WMSDKNSD.XML 53 bytes MD5: 0xA9B5DA9AEC61657B32393D96217165F0
SHA-1: 0x80B5C577155ACD269B450D70F6B2CBED693EDF49
(not available)
4 %ProgramFiles%\Ares Gold\AresGold.exe 2,263,552 bytes MD5: 0x904FBFA8C951E1158349079FDCAFFEC8
SHA-1: 0xEB7D2556FA7D93F9391EF000AE8DD6F5E1970D46
(not available)
5 %ProgramFiles%\Ares Gold\Data\defaultcache.net 9,048 bytes MD5: 0x4B6E2293F59AF88F010F4EC5DE506821
SHA-1: 0x3895D7D766922900E3028657522E05497D0FCA08
(not available)
6 %ProgramFiles%\Ares Gold\Data\defaultultracache.net 3,883 bytes MD5: 0x951A37CF24A3FD677C659B3100375F1F
SHA-1: 0xE86482D36124A5A26B41E9DDE197B47C6567D115
(not available)
7 %ProgramFiles%\Ares Gold\Data\defaultwebcache.net 5,749 bytes MD5: 0xD1F2D92DC97C7093691C184D0AD50EC1
SHA-1: 0xA5F6C84DFF76C9C1523A6F67966AF646BBA1C497
(not available)
8 %ProgramFiles%\Ares Gold\Data\MyMedia.edb 37,144 bytes MD5: 0x57AA6DB70EF97E59B0B84BDD8F943B25
SHA-1: 0x4D54170D73B006A9974A2D1B75F53B62F35F8717
(not available)
9 %ProgramFiles%\Ares Gold\Partner\NPSSoftware_WhenUSaveNow_InstallerInst.exe 121,768 bytes MD5: 0x87362D92D384A695D00F468840BE7243
SHA-1: 0xADBBAAFB55DF850DD534E97F86D3AF2ED376D082
Adware.WhenU_SaveNow [PCTools]
not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.WhenU.a [Kaspersky Lab]
Generic PUP.g [McAfee]
Adware:Win32/WhenU.gen [Microsoft]
not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.WhenU [Ikarus]
10 %ProgramFiles%\Ares Gold\tcpip_patcher.sys 15,744 bytes MD5: 0x4F781A6337CF1048147C684ED21B34D1
SHA-1: 0x66AFE5CD521A80A8EF16E9869B8960AE626CAA23
(not available)
11 %ProgramFiles%\Ares Gold\unins000.dat 1,614 bytes MD5: 0xACEDB6D8F1DF3816620DEE64DA1519A2
SHA-1: 0x9804220FCF0AC6BB87C7F6E21306865052ADA05C
(not available)
12 %ProgramFiles%\Ares Gold\unins000.exe 77,257 bytes MD5: 0xBF15CE70E055955FAFD81A18EC1C0771
SHA-1: 0x2E744B01A4A96B82F1C298304D497A26D75C5B91
(not available)
13 %ProgramFiles%\NPSSoftware_WhenUSaveNow_Installer\NPSSoftware_WhenUSaveNow_Installer.exe 148,480 bytes MD5: 0xD6AE0CA18C0853EEF1807E8968C1039B
SHA-1: 0x60F8DED83DAF361DCF3A62FFAA129559C8ED612B
Adware.SaveNow.BJ [PCTools]
Adware.Savenow [Symantec]
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.SaveNow.cb [Kaspersky Lab]
Generic.dx [McAfee]
Adware:Win32/WhenU.A [Microsoft]
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.SaveNow [Ikarus]
14 %ProgramFiles%\NPSSoftware_WhenUSaveNow_Installer\vvsn.cfg 282 bytes MD5: 0xD3859A7ED82F1E2B07F6A20217FE7A38
SHA-1: 0x981B46D3BAD369FD01C13357BE5A5D228580E267
(not available)
15 %System%\GnucDNA.dll 1,040,384 bytes MD5: 0x899CBFACB20BB41B8E2423C4856B498C
SHA-1: 0xFFC81AD50665863D99AB53AD990935FA43BC73CA
(not available)
16 %System%\rkinstaller.exe 114,688 bytes MD5: 0xA3339DCB7EE84DCBEB443ACB6DF9785D
SHA-1: 0x50940D7488C06490D4B862EF210BECEFDEA065DB
Spyware.Marketscore_Netsetter [PCTools]
Spyware.Marketscore [Symantec]
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Relevant.a [Kaspersky Lab]
Proxy-OSS [McAfee]
Program:Win32/Comscore.gen [Microsoft]
Win-Trojan/Relevant.114688 [AhnLab]
17 [file and pathname of the sample #1] 1,454,917 bytes MD5: 0xF32A9AEB6D64CAA7A773C5EF67FA7B2A
SHA-1: 0x2FC7F8DEBAB6AE9E8CFF50DEAABA38F1292311AC
Adware.Relevant!sd5 [PCTools]
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Relevant.a, not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.WhenU.a [Kaspersky Lab]
Dropper/Malware.1454917 [AhnLab]
18 %System%\wbem\Performance\WmiApRpl_new.h 357 bytes MD5: 0x231323658D79D9BDF946E1CFBE01E500
SHA-1: 0xD3D145D037FCA0C669C4B3E2990906B922B22ADE
(not available)

 

Registry Modifications

 

 

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