CRCK_ACWP

August 30, 2013

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 Analysis by: rolandde

 Modified by: Rika Joi Gregorio

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 ALIASES:

PWCrack-Aircrack (McAfee)

 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:

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  Threat Type: Cracking Application
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  Destructiveness: No
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  Encrypted:
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  In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

This cracking application may be manually installed by a user.

This is the Trend Micro detection for files that exhibit certain behaviors.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

Varies

File Type:

PE

Initial Samples Received Date:

11 Jan 2012

Arrival Details

This cracking application may be manually installed by a user.

Other Details

This is the Trend Micro detection for:

• a set of tools used for cracking Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) and WiFi Protected Access Pre-shared key (WPA-PSK) keys over captured data packets.

NOTES:

This cracking software may be run under command line or through a Graphical User Interface.

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.200

SSAPI PATTERN File:

1.254.03

SSAPI PATTERN Date:

11 Jan 2012

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_ACWP. 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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