HKTL_WIRELESSKEYVIEW
Win32.Riskware.WirelessKeyView.A (GData); W64/WirelessKeyView (F-Prot); a variant of Win64/WirelessKeyView.B potentially unsafe (ESET-NOD32); not-a-virus:PSWTool.Win64.WirelessKey.f (Kaspersky); PasswordRevealer (Symantec)
Windows 64-bit
Threat Type: Hacking Tool
Destructiveness: No
Encrypted: No
In the wild: Yes
OVERVIEW
This hacking tool 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.
This is the Trend Micro detection for files that exhibit certain behaviors.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
Arrival Details
This hacking tool 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.
Other Details
This is the Trend Micro detection for:
- An application that displays all wireless network keys WEP(Wired Equivalent Privacy)/WPA(Wi-Fi Protected Access) stored on the system
It does the following:
- Display the following information:
- Network Name (SSID)
- Key Type
- Key (Hex)
- Key (Ascii)
- Adapter Name
- Adapter Guid
- Authentication
- Encryption
- Connection Type
- Last Modified Time
- Copy selected items
- Delete selected wireless key in the system
- Save selected items into specified file
- Save config as {grayware path and filename}.cfg
- Save All/Selected Items in HTML format as {grayware path}\report.html
- Export selected items into specified file
- Import Keys from specified file
- May accept the following parameters in command-line options:
- /external {%Windows%} - Display wireless keys from external instance of Windows XP
- /stext {specified filename} - Save in a regular text file
- /stab {specified filename} - Save in a tab-delimited text format.
- /stabular {specified filename} - Save in a tabular text format.
- /shtml {specified filename} - Save in horizontal HTML format.
- /sverhtml {specified filename} - Save in vertical HTML format.
- /sxml {specified filename} - Save in XML format.
- /sort
- Sort items - /nosort - Save without sorting
- /export {specified filename} - Export all wireless keys into a file
- /import {specified filename} - Import all wireless keys stored in a file
(Note: %Windows% is the Windows folder, where it usually is C:\Windows on all Windows operating system versions.)
SOLUTION
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
Note that not all files, folders, and registry keys and entries are installed on your computer during this malware's/spyware's/grayware's execution. This may be due to incomplete installation or other operating system conditions. If you do not find the same files/folders/registry information, please proceed to the next step.
Step 3
Identify and terminate files detected as HKTL_WIRELESSKEYVIEW
- Windows Task Manager may not display all running processes. In this case, please use a third-party process viewer, preferably Process Explorer, to terminate the malware/grayware/spyware file. You may download the said tool here.
- If the detected file is displayed in either Windows Task Manager or Process Explorer but you cannot delete it, restart your computer in safe mode. To do this, refer to this link for the complete steps.
- If the detected file is not displayed in either Windows Task Manager or Process Explorer, continue doing the next steps.
Step 4
Search and delete these files
- {grayware path and filename}.cfg
- {grayware path}\report.html
Step 5
Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as HKTL_WIRELESSKEYVIEW. 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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