TR/PSW.Magania.azha - Trojan

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Virus:	TR/PSW.Magania.azha
Date discovered:	21/04/2009
Type:	Trojan
In the wild:	Yes
Reported Infections:	Low
Distribution Potential:	Low
Damage Potential:	Low
Static file:	Yes
File size:	108.855 Bytes
MD5 checksum:	98221cfe63bb832de9ce9a3ad44384ff
IVDF version:	7.01.03.80 - Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:10 (GMT+1)

General Method of propagation:
   • No own spreading routine

Aliases:
   • Symantec: Trojan.Packed.NsAnti
   • Kaspersky: Trojan-GameThief.Win32.Magania.azha
   • F-Secure: Trojan-GameThief.Win32.Magania.azha
   • Panda: W32/Lineage.KSZ
   • Eset: Win32/PSW.OnLineGames.NMY
   • Bitdefender: Trojan.PWS.OnlineGames.KBXH

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

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

Files It copies itself to the following locations:
   • %SYSDIR%\olhrwef.exe
   • C:\ej10fkdo.bat

It deletes the initially executed copy of itself.

The following files are created:

– C:\autorun.inf This is a non malicious text file with the following content:
   • %code that runs malware%

– %SYSDIR%\drivers\klif.sys Further investigation pointed out that this file is malware, too. Detected as: RKit/OnlineGames.CG.1

– %SYSDIR%\nmdfgds0.dll Further investigation pointed out that this file is malware, too. Detected as: TR/PSW.Wow.ife

Registry The following registry keys are added in order to load the service after reboot:

– [HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\KAVsys]
   • Type=dword:00000001
   • ErrorControl=dword:00000001
   • Start=dword:00000001
   • ImagePath="\??\%SYSDIR%\drivers\klif.sys"

Injection – It injects itself into a process.

Process name:
• explorer.exe

File details Programming language:
The malware program was written in MS Visual C++.

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 Andreas Feuerstein on Wed, 06 May 2009 15:28 (GMT+1)
Description updated by Andreas Feuerstein on Wed, 06 May 2009 16:02 (GMT+1)

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