Technical Information
To ensure autorun and distribution:
Modifies the following registry keys:
- [<HKLM>\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] 'IP Reports Key AuthIP Management' = '<SYSTEM32>\nxthksmsbhin.exe'
Creates or modifies the following files:
- %HOMEPATH%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\nxthksmsbhin.exe
Creates the following services:
- [<HKLM>\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Grouping Server Link Compatibility IP Smart] 'ImagePath' = '<SYSTEM32>\nxthksmsbhin.exe'
- [<HKLM>\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Grouping Server Link Compatibility IP Smart] 'Start' = '00000002'
Malicious functions:
To complicate detection of its presence in the operating system,
blocks the following features:
- Windows Security Center
Creates and executes the following:
- '<SYSTEM32>\qcdpycki.exe' "<SYSTEM32>\nxthksmsbhin.exe"
- '%WINDIR%\Temp\krwcxcf3iavwzgjf.exe' -r 25397 tcp
- '%TEMP%\krwcxcf39qpwzgjhszsyguc.exe'
- '<SYSTEM32>\nxthksmsbhin.exe'
Modifies file system:
Creates the following files:
- <SYSTEM32>\nwycarl\run
- <SYSTEM32>\nwycarl\rng
- %WINDIR%\Temp\krwcxcf3iavwzgjf.exe
- <SYSTEM32>\nwycarl\cfg
- <SYSTEM32>\qcdpycki.exe
- %TEMP%\krwcxcf39qpwzgjhszsyguc.exe
- <SYSTEM32>\nwycarl\tst
- <SYSTEM32>\nxthksmsbhin.exe
- <SYSTEM32>\nwycarl\etc
Sets the 'hidden' attribute to the following files:
- <SYSTEM32>\qcdpycki.exe
- <SYSTEM32>\nxthksmsbhin.exe
Deletes the following files:
- %WINDIR%\Temp\krwcxcf3iavwzgjf.exe
- <DRIVERS>\etc\hosts
- %TEMP%\krwcxcf39qpwzgjhszsyguc.exe
Substitutes the HOSTS file.
Network activity:
Connects to:
- 'en###nine.net':80
- 'li###ever.net':80
- 'li###ine.net':80
- 'li###tart.net':80
- 'en###start.net':80
- 'ba###tart.net':80
- 'st###start.net':80
- 'st###sing.net':80
- 'en###never.net':80
- 'ba###ing.net':80
- 'mo###start.net':80
- 'ti###ine.net':80
- 'ti###tart.net':80
- 'ti###ing.net':80
- 'mo###sing.net':80
- 'li###ing.net':80
- 'en###sing.net':80
- 'mo###never.net':80
- 'mo###nine.net':80
- 'ti###ever.net':80
- 'ba###ine.net':80
- 'am###stol.com':80
- 'vi###mojo.com':80
- 'lo###ing.net':80
- 'wh###never.net':80
- 'so###ing.net':80
- 'el#####arimagine.com':80
- 'do####club-grup.com':80
- 'ja###uter.com':80
- 'mo###uia.com':80
- 'mo###itio.com':80
- 'sa###ing.net':80
- 'wh###sing.net':80
- 'st###never.net':80
- 'st###nine.net':80
- 'ba###ever.net':80
- 'wh###nine.net':80
- 'sa###ever.net':80
- 'sa###ine.net':80
- 'sa###tart.net':80
- 'wh###start.net':80
TCP:
HTTP GET requests:
- http://en###nine.net/forum/search.php?me#########################################
- http://li###ever.net/forum/search.php?me#########################################
- http://li###ine.net/forum/search.php?me#########################################
- http://li###tart.net/forum/search.php?me#########################################
- http://en###start.net/forum/search.php?me#########################################
- http://ba###tart.net/forum/search.php?me#########################################
- http://st###start.net/forum/search.php?me#########################################
- http://st###sing.net/forum/search.php?me#########################################
- http://en###never.net/forum/search.php?me#########################################
- http://ba###ing.net/forum/search.php?me#########################################
- http://mo###start.net/forum/search.php?me#########################################
- http://ti###ine.net/forum/search.php?me#########################################
- http://ti###tart.net/forum/search.php?me#########################################
- http://ti###ing.net/forum/search.php?me#########################################
- http://mo###sing.net/forum/search.php?me#########################################
- http://li###ing.net/forum/search.php?me#########################################
- http://en###sing.net/forum/search.php?me#########################################
- http://mo###never.net/forum/search.php?me#########################################
- http://mo###nine.net/forum/search.php?me#########################################
- http://ti###ever.net/forum/search.php?me#########################################
- http://ba###ine.net/forum/search.php?me#########################################
- http://am###stol.com/forum/search.php?me#########################################
- http://vi###mojo.com/forum/search.php?me#########################################
- http://lo###ing.net/forum/search.php?me#########################################
- http://wh###never.net/forum/search.php?me#########################################
- http://so###ing.net/forum/search.php?me#########################################
- http://el#####arimagine.com/forum/search.php?me#########################################
- http://do####club-grup.com/forum/search.php?me#########################################
- http://ja###uter.com/forum/search.php?me#########################################
- http://mo###uia.com/forum/search.php?me#########################################
- http://mo###itio.com/forum/search.php?me#########################################
- http://sa###ing.net/forum/search.php?me#########################################
- http://wh###sing.net/forum/search.php?me#########################################
- http://st###never.net/forum/search.php?me#########################################
- http://st###nine.net/forum/search.php?me#########################################
- http://ba###ever.net/forum/search.php?me#########################################
- http://wh###nine.net/forum/search.php?me#########################################
- http://sa###ever.net/forum/search.php?me#########################################
- http://sa###ine.net/forum/search.php?me#########################################
- http://sa###tart.net/forum/search.php?me#########################################
- http://wh###start.net/forum/search.php?me#########################################
UDP:
- DNS ASK en###nine.net
- DNS ASK li###ever.net
- DNS ASK li###ine.net
- DNS ASK li###tart.net
- DNS ASK en###start.net
- DNS ASK ba###tart.net
- DNS ASK st###start.net
- DNS ASK st###sing.net
- DNS ASK en###never.net
- DNS ASK ba###ing.net
- DNS ASK en###sing.net
- DNS ASK ti###tart.net
- DNS ASK mo###start.net
- DNS ASK mo###sing.net
- DNS ASK sh###never.net
- DNS ASK ti###ing.net
- DNS ASK mo###never.net
- DNS ASK li###ing.net
- DNS ASK ti###ever.net
- DNS ASK ti###ine.net
- DNS ASK mo###nine.net
- DNS ASK ba###ine.net
- DNS ASK am###stol.com
- DNS ASK vi###mojo.com
- DNS ASK lo###ing.net
- DNS ASK wh###never.net
- DNS ASK so###ing.net
- DNS ASK el#####arimagine.com
- DNS ASK do####club-grup.com
- DNS ASK ja###uter.com
- DNS ASK mo###uia.com
- DNS ASK mo###itio.com
- DNS ASK sa###ing.net
- DNS ASK wh###sing.net
- DNS ASK st###never.net
- DNS ASK st###nine.net
- DNS ASK ba###ever.net
- DNS ASK wh###nine.net
- DNS ASK sa###ever.net
- DNS ASK sa###ine.net
- DNS ASK sa###tart.net
- DNS ASK wh###start.net
- '23#.#55.255.250':1900
