Technical Information
To ensure autorun and distribution:
Modifies the following registry keys:
- [<HKCU>\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] 'svh0st.exe' = '<Full path to file>'
- [<HKLM>\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] 'ClassLibrary1' = '<Full path to file>'
- [<HKCU>\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] '' = '%APPDATA%\kbottcrack.exe'
Malicious functions:
To complicate detection of its presence in the operating system,
blocks the following features:
- User Account Control (UAC)
Terminates or attempts to terminate
the following system processes:
- <SYSTEM32>\ctfmon.exe
- <SYSTEM32>\cmd.exe
- <SYSTEM32>\svchost.exe
a large number of user processes.
Searches for registry branches where third party applications store passwords:
- [<HKCU>\Software\Google\Google Talk\Accounts]
- [<HKCU>\Software\Paltalk]
- [<HKCU>\Software\Mirabilis\ICQ\NewOwners]
- [<HKCU>\Software\Yahoo\Pager]
- [<HKLM>\Software\Mirabilis\ICQ\NewOwners]
- [<HKCU>\Software\Microsoft\Internet Account Manager\Accounts]
- [<HKCU>\Software\Microsoft\Windows Live Mail]
- [<HKLM>\SOFTWARE\Ubisoft\Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow]
- [<HKCU>\Identities\{5518F2FB-DB74-45A3-BEC1-4575D8D9DC84}\Software\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\OMI Account Manager\Accounts]
- [<HKCU>\Software\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\OMI Account Manager\Accounts]
- [<HKCU>\Identities\{5518F2FB-DB74-45A3-BEC1-4575D8D9DC84}\Software\Microsoft\Internet Account Manager\Accounts]
- [<HKCU>\Software\AIM\AIMPRO]
- [<HKLM>\SOFTWARE\Activision\Call of Duty WAW]
- [<HKLM>\SOFTWARE\Electronic Arts\Electronic Arts\Crysis]
- [<HKLM>\SOFTWARE\Activision\Call of Duty 2]
- [<HKLM>\SOFTWARE\Ubisoft\Splinter Cell Chaos Theory\Keys]
- [<HKLM>\SOFTWARE\Activision\Call of Duty]
- [<HKLM>\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Trillian]
- [<HKCU>\Software\America Online\AOL Instant Messenger (TM)\CurrentVersion\Users]
- [<HKCU>\Software\America Online\AIM6\Passwords]
- [<HKCU>\Software\Microsoft\IdentityCRL]
- [<HKLM>\Software\Miranda]
- [<HKCU>\Software\Microsoft\MSNMessenger]
Modifies file system:
Creates the following files:
- %TEMP%\mailpv.txt
- %TEMP%\mailpv.exe
- %TEMP%\ChromePass.txt
- %TEMP%\produkey.exe
- %TEMP%\OperaPassView.txt
- %TEMP%\OperaPassView.exe
- %TEMP%\produkey.txt
- %TEMP%\data.txt
- %TEMP%\dialup.exe
- %APPDATA%\kbottcrack.exe
- %TEMP%\passwordfox.exe
- %TEMP%\ChromePass.exe
- %TEMP%\iepv.exe
- %TEMP%\mspass.exe
Network activity:
Connects to:
- 'wh###smyip.com':80
- 'wp#d':80
TCP:
HTTP GET requests:
- http://wh###smyip.com/automation/n09230945.asp
- http://11#.#11.111.1/wpad.dat via wp#d
UDP:
- DNS ASK wh###smyip.com
- DNS ASK wp#d
Miscellaneous:
Creates and executes the following:
- '%TEMP%\mailpv.exe' /stext %TEMP%\mailpv.txt
- '%TEMP%\ChromePass.exe' /stext %TEMP%\ChromePass.txt
- '%TEMP%\OperaPassView.exe' /stext %TEMP%\OperaPassView.txt
- '%TEMP%\produkey.exe' /stext %TEMP%\produkey.txt
- '%TEMP%\passwordfox.exe' /stext %TEMP%\firefox.txt
- '%TEMP%\dialup.exe' /stext %TEMP%\data.txt
- '%TEMP%\iepv.exe' /stext %TEMP%\iepv.txt
- '%TEMP%\mspass.exe' /stext %TEMP%\mess.txt
Attempts to shut down the Windows operating system.
