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CRCK_PATCH

September 01, 2016
 Modified by: Rhena Inocencio
 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:
 REPORTED INFECTION:
 SYSTEM IMPACT RATING:
 INFORMATION EXPOSURE:

  • Threat Type: Cracking Application

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: No

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

This cracking application uses several icons. It may also display certain Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs).

It automatically decrypts passwords of various popular online games and other applications without requiring user intervention. It also generates a new password and saves it in a certain drive on the affected system. This illegal routine allows the user to break the copy-protection and registration techniques of the software application package, thus providing the user with a fully-registered version.

This cracking application may be manually installed by a user.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

Varies

File Type:

EXE

Memory Resident:

No

Initial Samples Received Date:

12 Feb 2009

Arrival Details

This cracking application may be manually installed by a user.

Installation

This cracking application drops the following file(s)/component(s):

  • %System%\BASSMOD.dll

(Note: %System% is the Windows system folder, where it usually is C:\Windows\System32 on all Windows operating system versions.)

NOTES:

It is used to crack and patch certain softwares such as the following:

  • Ares Proteus Simulator
  • Kaspersky Anti-virus
  • Multi-Password Recovery
  • CyberScrub
  • WinRAR
  • SecureCRT

This cracking application automatically decrypts passwords of various popular online games and other applications without requiring user intervention. It also generates a new password and saves it in a certain drive on the affected system.

This illegal routine allows the user to break the copy-protection and registration techniques of the software application package, thus providing the user with a fully-registered version.

This cracking application uses several icons:

It may also display certain Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs).

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.300

SSAPI PATTERN File:

0.735.00

SSAPI PATTERN Date:

18 Feb 2009

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

Search and delete this file

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  • %System%\BASSMOD.dll

Step 3

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