Analysis by: John Karlo Agon
ALIASES:

Win32/AnyProtect.G potentially unwanted (ESET-NOD32), PUP.Optional.AnyProtect (Malwarebytes), PUP/AnyProtect (Panda), PUA.Win32.AnyProtect.80 (Baidu-International)

 PLATFORM:

Windows

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

  • Threat Type: Potentially Unwanted Application

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

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.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size: 613,255 bytes
File Type: EXE
Initial Samples Received Date: 02 Jul 2015

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