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TSPY_FAREIT.ARA

December 12, 2013
 Analysis by: Alvin Bacani
 ALIASES:

Trojan-PSW.Win32.Fareit.amnk (Kaspersky)

 PLATFORM:

Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP (32-bit, 64-bit), Windows Vista (32-bit, 64-bit), Windows 7 (32-bit, 64-bit)

 OVERALL RISK RATING:
 DAMAGE POTENTIAL:
 DISTRIBUTION POTENTIAL:
 REPORTED INFECTION:
 INFORMATION EXPOSURE:

  • Threat Type: Spyware

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: Yes

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

Infection Channel:

Dropped by other malware, Downloaded from the Internet


This spyware arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

It deletes itself after execution.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

75,389 bytes

File Type:

EXE

Memory Resident:

Yes

Initial Samples Received Date:

25 Nov 2013

Payload:

Connects to URLs/IPs, Downloads files, Steals information

Arrival Details

This spyware arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

Other System Modifications

This spyware also creates the following registry entry(ies) as part of its installation routine:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR
HWID = "{random value}"

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR
Client Hash = {random value}

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR
{random name} = {random value}

Other Details

This spyware connects to the following possibly malicious URL:

  • http://{BLOCKED}gdomainsfulls.us/aweb/gate.php
  • http://{BLOCKED}gdomainsfulls.us/otest.php?id=1
  • http://{BLOCKED}gdomainsfulls.us/otest.php?id=2

It deletes itself after execution.