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ADW_LEAPY

March 27, 2014
 ALIASES:

Riskware/BrowseFox (Fortinet) ,a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.G application (Eset) ,Yontoo (fs) (Sunbelt)

 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: Adware

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

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

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

111,904 bytes

File Type:

EXE

Memory Resident:

Yes

Initial Samples Received Date:

21 Mar 2014

Arrival Details

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

It may be manually installed by a user.

Other System Modifications

This adware adds the following registry keys as part of its installation routine:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{1AA60054-57D9-4F99-9A55-D0FBFBE7ECD3}

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
Tracing\BAP

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
Tracing\PPP

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
Tracing\RASBACP

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
Tracing\RASCCP

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
Tracing\RASEAP

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
Tracing\RASIPCP

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
Tracing\RASIPHLP

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
Tracing\RASMAN

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
Tracing\RASPAP

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
Tracing\RASQEC

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
Tracing\RASSPAP

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
Tracing\RASTAPI

Other Details

This adware connects to the following possibly malicious URL:

  • api.{BLOCKED}eap.net

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.700

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE:

1.494.13

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE:

21 Mar 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 and note files detected as ADW_LEAPY

Step 3

Delete this registry key

[ Learn More ]

Important: Editing the Windows Registry incorrectly can lead to irreversible system malfunction. Please do this step only if you know how or you can ask assistance from your system administrator. Else, check this Microsoft article first before modifying your computer's registry. Before you could do this, you must restart in Safe Mode. For instructions on how to do this, you may refer to this page If the preceding step requires you to restart in safe mode, you may proceed to edit the system registry.

 
  • In HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID
    • {1AA60054-57D9-4F99-9A55-D0FBFBE7ECD3}
  • In HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing
    • BAP
  • In HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing
    • PPP
  • In HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing
    • RASBACP
  • In HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing
    • RASCCP
  • In HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing
    • RASEAP
  • In HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing
    • RASIPCP
  • In HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing
    • RASIPHLP
  • In HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing
    • RASMAN
  • In HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing
    • RASPAP
  • In HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing
    • RASQEC
  • In HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing
    • RASSPAP
  • In HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing
    • RASTAPI

Step 4

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as ADW_LEAPY. 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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