ThreatExpert Report: Application.Ardamax_Keylogger, Suspicious.MH690, Trojan-Spy.Win32.Ardamax.cko..

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Submission Summary:

Submission details:

Submission received: 18 December 2011, 10:01:58
Processing time: 10 min 17 sec
Submitted sample:

File MD5: 0x038920828F1D1985C59625B0C65B0E1D
File SHA-1: 0x63954129928EF40A6C1F01E1743688A49220510D
Filesize: 846,107 bytes
Alias:

Application.Ardamax_Keylogger [PCTools]
Suspicious.MH690 [Symantec]
Trojan-Spy.Win32.Ardamax.cko [Kaspersky Lab]
Spy-Agent.cv [McAfee]
TSPY_ARDAMAX.HR [Trend Micro]
TrojanSpy:Win32/Ardamax.BB [Microsoft]
Trojan-Spy.Win32.Ardamax [Ikarus]
Dropper/Downloader.817294 [AhnLab]

Summary of the findings:

What's been found	Severity Level
Creates a startup registry entry.
Contains characteristics of an identified security risk.

Technical Details:

Possible Security Risk

Attention! The following threat categories were identified:

Threat Category	Description
	A spyware program that represents security risk for a local system
	A keylogger program that can capture all user keystrokes (including confidential details such username, password, credit card number, etc.)

File System Modifications

The following files were created in the system:

#	Filename(s)	File Size	File Hash	Alias
1	%Temp%\@2.tmp	1,102,274 bytes	MD5: 0x0F32D47596E4772E6138EBE2F7C6CDA2 SHA-1: 0x0EE28A8399972CBEB05C1AC92FA3E311780B4789	Spyware.Ardakey [Symantec]
2	%System%\28463\AKV.exe	468,480 bytes	MD5: 0x752E814C2A5D197B8065501E786683C9 SHA-1: 0xC7B5840AB79EC308D0ACA9A8F07D59730B31AD99	Application.Ardamax_Keylogger [PCTools] Spyware.Ardakey [Symantec] not-a-virus:Monitor.Win32.Ardamax.va [Kaspersky Lab] Keylog-Ardamax.dll [McAfee] Mal/Generic-L [Sophos] MonitoringTool:Win32/Ardamax [Microsoft] Trojan.Generic [Ikarus]
3	%System%\28463\QERN.001	366 bytes	MD5: 0x915603E3E84A4EE4800AA962BF369DA2 SHA-1: 0xE2E3E037589463DAF915DD1091FF6E29BC13390F	(not available)
4	%System%\28463\QERN.002	1,072 bytes	MD5: 0x20C8070962D3B05C062D81D90F375333 SHA-1: 0x238E52A9A793D06533ED11ECBE132983EC733BD6	(not available)
5	%System%\28463\QERN.006	8,192 bytes	MD5: 0x911A5A213762001178A48B2CEEFA1880 SHA-1: 0xDE9B25AC58E893397AB9AD3331BD922BBD5043AE	Spyware.Ardakey!sd6 [PCTools] Spyware.Ardakey [Symantec] not-a-virus:Monitor.Win32.Ardamax.mh [Kaspersky Lab] Keylog-Ardamax.dll [McAfee] MonitoringTool:Win32/Ardamax [Microsoft] MonitoringTool [Ikarus]
6	%System%\28463\QERN.007	5,632 bytes	MD5: 0x2183E6A435B000FC6E85B712513C3480 SHA-1: 0xC088B82494AAECA23A5ACFAF83F55597BD0BDC6E	Spyware.Ardakey!sd6 [PCTools] Spyware.Ardakey [Symantec] not-a-virus:Monitor.Win32.Ardamax.o [Kaspersky Lab] Keylog-Ardamax.dll [McAfee] MonitoringTool:Win32/Ardamax [Microsoft] Virus.Win32.Ardamax.GG [Ikarus]
7	%System%\28463\QERN.exe	616,960 bytes	MD5: 0x8459B0BA642D016C60571A3AD31E6EC8 SHA-1: 0x19A7F23F7EEE39ED4217EC44EF46B899EABC32C2	Spyware.Ardakey!rem [PCTools] Spyware.Ardakey [Symantec] Trojan-Spy.Win32.Ardamax.rzx [Kaspersky Lab] Keylog-Ardamax.dll [McAfee] Trojan-Spy.Win32.Ardamax [Ikarus] Win-Trojan/Ardamax.616960 [AhnLab]
8	[file and pathname of the sample #1]	846,107 bytes	MD5: 0x038920828F1D1985C59625B0C65B0E1D SHA-1: 0x63954129928EF40A6C1F01E1743688A49220510D	Application.Ardamax_Keylogger [PCTools] Suspicious.MH690 [Symantec] Trojan-Spy.Win32.Ardamax.cko [Kaspersky Lab] Spy-Agent.cv [McAfee] TSPY_ARDAMAX.HR [Trend Micro] TrojanSpy:Win32/Ardamax.BB [Microsoft] Trojan-Spy.Win32.Ardamax [Ikarus] Dropper/Downloader.817294 [AhnLab]

Notes:

%Temp% is a variable that refers to the temporary folder in the short path form. By default, this is C:\Documents and Settings\[UserName]\Local Settings\Temp\ (Windows NT/2000/XP).
%System% is a variable that refers to the System folder. By default, this is C:\Windows\System (Windows 95/98/Me), C:\Winnt\System32 (Windows NT/2000), or C:\Windows\System32 (Windows XP).

The following directory was created:

%System%\28463

Memory Modifications

There was a new process created in the system:

Process Name	Process Filename	Main Module Size
QERN.exe	%System%\28463\QERN.exe	962,560 bytes

Attention! The following process was intentionally hidden from the user:

Process Name	Main Module Size
QERN.exe	962,560 bytes

Registry Modifications

The newly created Registry Value is:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]

QERN Agent = "%System%\28463\QERN.exe"

so that QERN.exe runs every time Windows starts

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