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PWS:HTML/Phish.FL

First posted on 02 April 2015.
Source: Microsoft

Aliases :

There are no other names known for PWS:HTML/Phish.FL.

Explanation :

Threat behavior

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

• %LOCALAPPDATA%\microsoft\internet explorer\recovery\active\{b9e4805a-2e2c-11e4-8379-00db7fa21002}.dat
• %LOCALAPPDATA%\microsoft\internet explorer\recovery\active\recoverystore.{9fb42bc2-2e2c-11e4-8379-00db7fa21002}.dat

It can make various registry changes during its installation, including:

In subkey: HKLM\software\classes\typelib\{1ea4dbf0-3c3b-11cf-810c-00aa00389b71}\1.1\0\win32
Sets value: "(default)"
With data: "\oleacc.dll"

Payload


Steals your sensitive information

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

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

It may ask for your information in a form like this one:





Additional information

Creates a mutex

This threat can create one or more mutexes on your PC. For example:

• ConnHashTable<2252>_HashTable_Mutex
• GOOGLEUPDATE.EXE"
• Local\!BrowserEmulation!SharedMemory!Mutex
• Local\c:!documents and settings!administrator!local settings!application data!microsoft!feeds cache!
• Local\Feed Arbitration Shared Memory Mutex [ User : S-1-5-21-1844237615-2111687655-839522115-500 ]
• Local\Feed Eventing Shared Memory Mutex S-1-5-21-1844237615-2111687655-839522115-500
• Local\Feeds Store Mutex S-1-5-21-1844237615-2111687655-839522115-500
• Local\RSS Eventing Connection Database Mutex 000008cc

It might use this mutex as an infection marker to prevent more than one copy of the threat running on your PC.



This malware description was published using automated analysis of file SHA1 2ab942f72fa196447fa3df5bcef9da44062355e1.

Symptoms

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

• You see a website form like this one:
  
  

Last update 02 April 2015

 

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