Adware:Win32/WinAgir

Adware:Win32/WinAgir Description

Adware:Win32/WinAgir is an adware application that gathers the PC user’s browsing behavior and search engine queries in order to serve targeted advertising to the affected computer owner. Adware:Win32/WinAgir also updates and downloads other potentially malicious files, and communicates with a remote server without adequate PC user’s permission. Adware:Win32/WinAgir creates several registry subkeys and entries to enable itself as a service and install its Browser Helper Object (BHO) component. Adware:Win32/WinAgir connects to remote servers and sends HTTP requests to these servers with certain parameters, indicating its actions on the targeted computer. Adware:Win32/WinAgir displays annoying advertisements depending on the search keywords.

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Technical Details

File System Modifications

Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read the tutorials on how to find malware, kill unwanted processes, remove malicious DLLs and delete other harmful files. Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.

The following files were created in the system:

#	File Name
1	%ProgramFiles%\Winscalar\Winscalarb51.dll
2	%ProgramFiles%\Winscalar\Winscalars51.dll
3	%ProgramFiles%\Winscalar\Winscalaru.exe
4	%ProgramFiles%\Winscalar\ukdb.dat
5	%ProgramFiles%\Winscalar\sqlite3.dll
6	%ProgramFiles%\Winscalar\pkdb.dat

Registry Modifications

Tutorial: To edit and delete registry entries manually, read the tutorial on how to remove malicious registry entries.

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The following newly produced Registry Values are:
HKEY..\..\{Value}HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main = "Enable Browser Extensions" = "yes"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\agir = "bd"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\agir = "dist"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\agir = "indt"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\agir = "md"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\agir = "ts_shift"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID = "tst_key" = "test_ok"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Winscalar = "DisplayName" = "Winscalar"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\Root\LEGACY_WINDOWS_WINAGIR_UPDATE_SERVICE\0000\Control = "0" = "Windows WinAgir Update Service"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\Root\LEGACY_WINDOWS_WINAGIR_UPDATE_SERVICE\0000\Control = "0" = "Windows WinAgir Update Service"HKEY..\..\..\..{Subkeys}HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\agirHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Winscalarc3i021BHO.Winscalarc3i021APIClassHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Winscalarc3i021BHO.Winscalarc3i021APIClass
The following CLSID's were detected:
HKEY..\..\{CLSID Path} HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{3D832BC9-918A-4a13-B231-C3021C3A60B1HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{3D832BC9-918A-4a13-B231-C3021C3A60B1}HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Interface\{1D832BC9-918A-4A13-B231-C3021C3A60B1}HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Interface\{1D832BC9-918A-4A13-B231-C3021C3A60B1}HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{2D832BC9-918A-4A13-B231-C3021C3A60B1}\1.0HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{2D832BC9-918A-4A13-B231-C3021C3A60B1}\1.0HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{3D832BC9-918A-4a13-B231-C3021C3A60B1}HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{3D832BC9-918A-4a13-B231-C3021C3A60B1}