Virus:TR/PSW.Gamania.CC.2
Date discovered:20/03/2006
Type:Trojan
In the wild:No
Reported Infections:Low
Distribution Potential:Low
Damage Potential:Medium
Static file:Yes
File size:62.364 Bytes
MD5 checksum:6744e194e537523b9aceaad66236614e
VDF version:6.33.01.12

 General Method of propagation:
   • No own spreading routine


Aliases:
   •  Mcafee: PWS-Lineage
   •  Bitdefender: Trojan.PSW.Gamania.CC


Platforms / OS:
   • Windows 95
   • Windows 98
   • Windows 98 SE
   • Windows NT
   • Windows ME
   • Windows 2000
   • Windows XP
   • Windows 2003


Side effects:
   • Drops files
   • Drops a malicious file
   • Records keystrokes
   • Registry modification
   • Steals information

 Files It copies itself to the following location:
   • %SYSDIR%\Kerne0110.exe



It deletes the initially executed copy of itself.



The following files are created:

– c:\log.txt This is a non malicious text file with the following content:
   • %stolen information%

– %malware execution directory%\gg.bat Furthermore it gets executed after it was fully created. This batch file is used to delete a file.
– %SYSDIR%\microsoftie0110.dll Further investigation pointed out that this file is malware, too. Detected as: TR/Drop.PSW.Gama.CC

 Registry The following registry key is added in order to run the process after reboot:

– [HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows]
   • "load"="%SYSDIR%\Kerne0110.exe"

 Stealing It tries to steal the following information:

– The password from the following program:
   • Lineage

– A logging routine is started after the following website is visited, which contains one of the following substrings in the URL:
   • http://club.pchome.com.tw
   • http://gash.gamania.com
   • http://tw.gamania.com
   • https://tw.gash.gamania.com
   • http://tw.gashcard.gamania.com
   • https://tw.goodlock.gamania.com
   • http://tw.login.yahoo.com
   • https://tw.event.gamania.com
   • https://tw.reg.yahoo.com
   • http://www.gamania.com

– It captures:
    • Login information

 File details Programming language:
 The malware program was written in Delphi.

Description inserted by Iulia Diaconescu on Monday, March 20, 2006
Description updated by Iulia Diaconescu on Monday, March 20, 2006

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