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PUA_ADKeylogger

May 14, 2017
 Analysis by: Cris Nowell Pantanilla
 ALIASES:

Win64/KeyLogger.Conexant.A potentially unsafe (ESET-NOD32)

 PLATFORM:

Windows

 OVERALL RISK RATING:
 REPORTED INFECTION:

  • Threat Type: Potentially Unwanted Application

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: No

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW


This Potentially Unwanted Application may be manually installed by a user.

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

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

11,289,176 bytes

File Type:

EXE

Memory Resident:

Yes

Initial Samples Received Date:

12 May 2017

Arrival Details

This Potentially Unwanted Application may be manually installed by a user.

Other Details

This is the Trend Micro detection for:

  • Audio drivers that are capable of logging keystrokes in an affected system. A flaw on the way the application handles inputs may result to capturing of the user input into a log file which may lead to stolen data. These drivers may be initially installed on an affected system.

NOTES:

It saves the logged keystrokes into the following log file:

  • %System Roo%\Users\Public\MicTray.log

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.850

SSAPI PATTERN File:

1.837.16

SSAPI PATTERN Date:

12 May 2017

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 PUA_ADKeylogger. 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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