Analysis by: RonJay Kristoffer Caragay
ALIASES:

Win32/HackKMS.A (ESET-NOD32); HackTool:Win32/AutoKMS (Microsoft); W32/Keygen.DX!tr (Fortinet); possible-Threat.Crack.MSO (Ikarus)

 PLATFORM:

Windows

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

  • Threat Type: Cracking Application

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

This cracking application arrives as a component bundled with malware/grayware packages. It may be manually installed by a user.

It requires its main component to successfully perform its intended routine.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

Tamaño del archivo 151,552 bytes
Tipo de archivo EXE
Residente en memoria No
Fecha de recepción de las muestras iniciales 17 Sep 2013

Arrival Details

This cracking application arrives as a component bundled with malware/grayware packages.

It may be manually installed by a user.

Other Details

This cracking application requires its main component to successfully perform its intended routine.

  SOLUTION

Motor de exploración mínimo 9.700
Archivo de patrones de SSAPI: 1.575.00
Fecha de publicación del patrón SSAPI 17 Dec 2014

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 CRCK_AUTOKMS. 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 this Knowledge Base page for more information.


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