HackTool.Win32.ChromePass.C

 Analysis by: Clive Fuentebella

 ALIASES:

a variant of Win32/PSWTool.ChromePass.A potentially unsafe application (NOD32)

 PLATFORM:

Windows

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

  • Threat Type: Hacking Tool

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: No

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

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

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

237,776 bytes

File Type:

EXE

Memory Resident:

No

Arrival Details

This Hacking Tool 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 Hacking Tool deletes the following files:

  • %AppDataLocal%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Web Data-journal
  • %AppDataLocal%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Login Data-journal

(Note: %AppDataLocal% is the Local Application Data folder, which is usually C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Local Settings\Application Data on Windows 2000(32-bit), XP, and Server 2003(32-bit), or C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Local on Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 2008(64-bit), 2012(64-bit) and 10(64-bit).)

Other Details

This Hacking Tool does the following:

  • It displays an interface that may be used to interact with the software.