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CRCK_KEYGEN.GN

October 23, 2015
 Analysis by: RonJay Kristoffer Caragay
 ALIASES:

HackTool:Win32/Keygen (Microsoft); Mal/Packer (Sophos)

 PLATFORM:

Windows

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

  • Threat Type: Cracking Application

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW


This cracking application arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites. It may be manually installed by a user.

It generates serial numbers to crack into programs that need valid serial numbers for the programs to function fully.

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

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

61,164 bytes

File Type:

EXE

Initial Samples Received Date:

22 Oct 2015

Arrival Details

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

It may be manually installed by a user.

Cracker Routine

This cracking application generates serial numbers to crack into programs that need valid serial numbers for the programs to function fully.

Other Details

This is the Trend Micro detection for:

  • cracking applications used to generate serial numbers for applications that need valid serial numbers to function fully.

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.750

NOTES:

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