Analysis by: Noel Anthony Llimos
ALIASES:

Trojan.Gen (Norton)

 PLATFORM:

Windows

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

  • Threat Type: Cracking Application

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: No

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

This Cracking Application arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites. It may be manually installed by a user.

It generates serial numbers to crack into programs that need valid serial numbers for the programs to function fully.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

Tamaño del archivo 482,328 bytes
Tipo de archivo EXE
Residente en memoria No
Fecha de recepción de las muestras iniciales 19 Nov 2018

Arrival Details

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

It may be manually installed by a user.

Cracker Routine

This Cracking Application generates serial numbers to crack into programs that need valid serial numbers for the programs to function fully.

  SOLUTION

Motor de exploración mínimo 9.850
Primer archivo de patrones de VSAPI 2.120.42
Primera fecha de publicación de patrones de VSAPI 19 Nov 2018
Versión de patrones OPR de VSAPI 2.121.40
Fecha de publicación de patrones OPR de VSAPI 20 Nov 2018

Step 1

Before doing any scans, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 users must disable System Restore to allow full scanning of their computers.

Step 2

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as HackTool.Win32.KEYGEN.AA. If the detected files have already been cleaned, deleted, or quarantined by your Trend Micro product, no further step is required. You may opt to simply delete the quarantined files. Please check the following Trend Micro Support pages for more information:


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