TR/Fakealert.abz.6 - Trojan

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Virus:	TR/Fakealert.abz.6
Type:	Trojan
In the wild:	No
Reported Infections:	Low
Distribution Potential:	Low
Damage Potential:	Low to medium
Static file:	Yes
File size:	21.504 Bytes
MD5 checksum:	e5f31331f2be5e31b842e60B68193046
VDF version:	7.00.07.18 - Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:27 (GMT+1)
IVDF version:	7.00.07.19 - Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:27 (GMT+1)

General Aliases:
   • Mcafee: Cutwail.dll trojan
   • Kaspersky: Backdoor.Win32.Hijack.ac
   • F-Secure: Backdoor.Win32.Hijack.ac
   • Sophos: Troj/Agent-HNY
   • Bitdefender: Trojan.FakeAlert.ABZ

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

Side effects:
   • Drops a malicious file
   • Registry modification

Files The following file is created:

– %tempdir%\olr15.tmp Furthermore it gets executed after it was fully created. Further investigation pointed out that this file is malware, too. Detected as: TR/Agent.wyi.1

Registry The following registry key is added:

– [HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify\
lbfubdiq]

Injection – It injects itself into a process.

Process name:
• svchost.exe

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

See a brief description here.

Description inserted by Irina Diaconescu on Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:49 (GMT+1)
Description updated by Irina Diaconescu on Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:03 (GMT+1)

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