ThreatExpert Report: not-a-virus:NetTool.Win32.Sniffer.v, Adware.Gen..

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Submission Summary:

Submission details:

Submission received: 4 November 2009, 17:37:33
Processing time: 6 min 19 sec
Submitted sample:

File MD5: 0xA55569BB9E20FAC9E5F49AC038A27E44
File SHA-1: 0x4293A3BAA526AAF1424F8EC4D14DF09FA25ED2AB
Filesize: 1,894,912 bytes
Alias:

Adware.Gen [Symantec]
not-a-virus:NetTool.Win32.Sniffer.v [Kaspersky Lab]
MonitoringTool:Win32/MSNCheckerSniffer [Microsoft]
not-a-virus:NetTool.Win32.Sniffer [Ikarus]

Summary of the findings:

What's been found	Severity Level
Capability to send out email message(s) with the built-in SMTP client engine.
Contains characteristics of an identified security risk.

Technical Details:

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Possible Security Risk

Attention! The following threat category was identified:

Threat Category	Description
	A potentially unwanted adware program designed to deliver various advertisements to the users' systems

File System Modifications

The following files were created in the system:

#	Filename(s)	File Size	File Hash	Alias
1	%System%\Config.ini	682 bytes	MD5: 0xEF5818264341A19757C7B4F28C65BA6B SHA-1: 0x259ED319208CD1450F130601BD4BEF1ACF34B2D2	(not available)
2	[file and pathname of the sample #1]	1,894,912 bytes	MD5: 0xA55569BB9E20FAC9E5F49AC038A27E44 SHA-1: 0x4293A3BAA526AAF1424F8EC4D14DF09FA25ED2AB	Adware.Gen [Symantec] not-a-virus:NetTool.Win32.Sniffer.v [Kaspersky Lab] MonitoringTool:Win32/MSNCheckerSniffer [Microsoft] not-a-virus:NetTool.Win32.Sniffer [Ikarus]

Note:

%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).

Memory Modifications

There was a new process created in the system:

Process Name	Process Filename	Main Module Size
[filename of the sample #1]	[file and pathname of the sample #1]	1,929,216 bytes

Registry Modifications

The following Registry Key was created:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\OSWINCH25

The newly created Registry Value is:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\OSWINCH25]

info1 = "37282F29E85637AFD796D2F147C5E2BB"

Other details

Analysis of the file resources indicate the following possible countries of origin:

	Argentina
	China

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