Analysis by: Pearl Charlaine Espejo
ALIASES:

Win32/Keygen.BH (ESET-NOD32); Hacktool.Keygen.020795 (CAT-QuickHeal); Win32.HToolKeygen.mc (McAfee)

 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 may be unknowingly downloaded by a user while visiting malicious websites. 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 84,992 bytes
Tipo de archivo EXE
Residente en memoria No
Fecha de recepción de las muestras iniciales 08 Apr 2016

Arrival Details

This cracking application may be unknowingly downloaded by a user while visiting malicious websites.

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 9.800
Archivo de patrones de SSAPI: 1.725.00
Fecha de publicación del patrón SSAPI 20 Apr 2016

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_KEYGEN.GB. 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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