Virus:TR/Fakealert.ajq
Date discovered:19/07/2010
Type:Trojan
In the wild:Yes
Reported Infections:Low
Distribution Potential:Low to medium
Damage Potential:Low to medium
Static file:Yes
File size:925.696 Bytes
MD5 checksum:2cdf7f67ee06e974287479d799990C62
IVDF version:7.10.09.123 - Tuesday, July 20, 2010

 General Method of propagation:
   • No own spreading routine


Aliases:
   •  Mcafee: FakeAlert-SpyPro.gen.p
   •  TrendMicro: TROJ_FAKEAV.SMES
   •  AVG: Cryptic.APF
   •  Panda: Trj/CI.A
   •  Eset: Win32/Kryptik.FNF


Platforms / OS:
   • Windows 98
   • Windows 98 SE
   • Windows NT
   • Windows ME
   • Windows 2000
   • Windows XP
   • Windows 2003
   • Windows Vista
   • Windows Server 2008
   • Windows 7


Side effects:
   • Drops files
   • Registry modification

 Files It copies itself to the following location:
   • %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\%random character string%\%random character string%.exe



It deletes the initially executed copy of itself.

– %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\%random character string%\%random character string%.bat Furthermore it gets executed after it was fully created. This is a non malicious text file that contains information about the program itself.

 Registry One of the following values is added in order to run the process after reboot:

–  [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
   • "%random character string%"="%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\%random character string%\%random character string%.exe"

 File details Runtime packer:
In order to aggravate detection and reduce size of the file it is packed with a runtime packer.

Description inserted by Carlos Valero Llabata on Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Description updated by Carlos Valero Llabata on Tuesday, July 20, 2010

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