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PWS:Win32/Fareit.AG

First posted on 13 November 2015.
Source: Microsoft

Aliases :

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

Explanation :

Threat behavior

Installation


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:

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

Connects to a remote host

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

• littonredse.ru using port 80

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

Additional information

Creates a mutex

This threat can create a mutex on your PC. For example:

• mtxLogMeInIgnition.IgnitionMutex

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 23edc339b2f4f8d7e49c9bd174148177047f968d.

Symptoms

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

• You see the following mutex:
  • mtxLogMeInIgnition.IgnitionMutex

Last update 13 November 2015

 

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