PUA_ANYPROT

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

Arrival Details

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

Installation

This potentially unwanted application adds the following folders:

• %User Temp%\ns{random 2}.tmp
• %Program Files%\AnyProtectEx
• %Application Data%\AnyProtectEx

(Note: %User Temp% is the user's temporary folder, where it usually is C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Local Settings\Temp on Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP (32- and 64-bit); C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Local\Temp on Windows Vista (32- and 64-bit), Windows 7 (32- and 64-bit), Windows 8 (32- and 64-bit), Windows 8.1 (32- and 64-bit), Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2012.. %Program Files% is the Program Files folder, where it usually is C:\Program Files on all Windows operating system versions; C:\Program Files (x86) for 32-bit applications running on Windows 64-bit operating systems.. %Application Data% is the Application Data folder, where it usually is C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Application Data on Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP (32- and 64-bit); C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Roaming on Windows Vista (32- and 64-bit), Windows 7 (32- and 64-bit), Windows 8 (32- and 64-bit), Windows 8.1 (32- and 64-bit), Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2012.)

It drops the following copies of itself into the affected system:

• %AppDataLocal%\{grayware filename}

(Note: %AppDataLocal% is the Application Data folder found in Local Settings, where it is usually C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Local Settings\Application Data on Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP (32- and 64-bit); C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Local on Windows Vista (32- and 64-bit), Windows 7 (32- and 64-bit), Windows 8 (32- and 64-bit), Windows 8.1 (32- and 64-bit), Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2012.)

It drops the following files:

• %User Temp%\ns{random}.tmp\System.dll
• %User Temp%\ns{random}.tmp\WmiInspector.dll
• %User Temp%\ns{random}.tmp\inetc.dll
• %User Temp%\ns{random}.tmp\UserInfo.dll
• %User Temp%\ns{random}.tmp\flush-inetc.dll
• %User Temp%\ns{random}.tmp\ProcessKiller.dll
• %User Temp%\ns{random}.tmp\modern-header.bmp
• %User Temp%\ns{random}.tmp\Aero.dll
• %User Temp%\ns{random}.tmp\aps_welcome.bmp
• %User Temp%\ns{random}.tmp\nsDialogs.dll
• %User Temp%\ns{random}.tmp\aps_install.bmp
• %User Temp%\ns{random}.tmp\nsis-progressbar.dll
• %Program Files%\AnyProtectEx\product.guid
• %Program Files%\AnyProtectEx\AnyProtect.exe
• %Application Data%\AnyProtectEx\installer\tempfile.t
• %Application Data%\AnyProtectEx\installer\ab.test.json
• %Application Data%\AnyProtectEx\swf\mov01.swf

(Note: %User Temp% is the user's temporary folder, where it usually is C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Local Settings\Temp on Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP (32- and 64-bit); C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Local\Temp on Windows Vista (32- and 64-bit), Windows 7 (32- and 64-bit), Windows 8 (32- and 64-bit), Windows 8.1 (32- and 64-bit), Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2012.. %Program Files% is the Program Files folder, where it usually is C:\Program Files on all Windows operating system versions; C:\Program Files (x86) for 32-bit applications running on Windows 64-bit operating systems.. %Application Data% is the Application Data folder, where it usually is C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Application Data on Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP (32- and 64-bit); C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Roaming on Windows Vista (32- and 64-bit), Windows 7 (32- and 64-bit), Windows 8 (32- and 64-bit), Windows 8.1 (32- and 64-bit), Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2012.)

Other System Modifications

This potentially unwanted application adds the following registry keys:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AnyProtect

It adds the following registry entries:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AnyProtect
ABTestDesc = "B6"

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AnyProtect
MovieN = "1"

Other Details

This potentially unwanted application connects to the following possibly malicious URL:

• http://{BLOCKED}i-1938953175.us-east-1.elb.amazonaws.com
• http://data.{BLOCKED}ics.com
• www.{BLOCKED}tect.com