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PWS:Win32/Fareit.AF

First posted on 29 August 2015.
Source: Microsoft

Aliases :

There are no other names known for PWS:Win32/Fareit.AF.

Explanation :

Threat behavior

Installation
This threat can create files on your PC, including:

• %TEMP%\synthesizer.dll

The malware uses code injection to make it harder to detect and remove. It can inject code into running processes.



Payload


Steals your sensitive information

This threat can steal your sensitive information, such as your user names and passwords for:

• Banking websites
• Email or social media websites
• FTP account
• Online games

We have seen this threat steal credentials from the following bitcoin, email and photo applications:

Anoncoin Freicoin NovaCoin Armory GoldCoin (GLD) Phoenixcoin BBQcoin I0coin ProtoShares (photo application) Bitcoin Infinitecoin PPCoin Bytecoin Ixcoin Primecoin Craftcoin Junkcoin Quarkcoin Devcoin Litecoin Tagcoin Digitalcoin Luckycoin Terracoin Electrum Maxprog (email extractor tool) Worldcoin Fastcoin Megacoin Yacoin Feathercoin Mincoin Zetacoin Florincoin MultiBit Franko Namecoin

All the stolen credentials are posted in: hxxp://shared-30.ccihosting.com/~streamkn/panel/gate.php



Connects to a remote host

We have seen this threat connect to a remote host, including:

• shared-30.ccihosting.com using port 53

Malware can connect to a remote host to do any of the following:

• Check for an Internet connection
• Download and run files (including updates or other malware)
• Report a new infection to its author
• Receive configuration or other data
• Receive instructions from a malicious hacker
• Search for your PC location
• Upload information taken from your PC
• Validate a digital certificate

This malware description was published using automated analysis of file SHA1 69cdac94d89f820e0c1441b8edbcca677482b61a.

Symptoms

The following can indicate that you have this threat on your PC:

• You see a file similar to:
  • %TEMP%\synthesizer.dll

Last update 29 August 2015

 

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