Copyright violation: copyrighted content detected

New ransomaware In-the-Wild that under the excuse of being issued by an alleged entity that protects copyrights, tries to obtain money by deception strategy that seeks to "negotiate" with the victim to pay a fine.

At the time of executing its payload, operating system crashes showing a window as shown below, in which "warned" of the alleged violation of the copyright in the computer to detect copyright material.

The information presented on the screen can be displayed in ten languages: English, Czech, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Slovak and Spanish. This feature shows the professional looking for the attackers because every translation is well done, which is achieved by outsourcing translation work.

On occasion wallpaper set as the following image:

Furthermore, to ensure a good level of credibility, the strategy uses the legal aspect of the present as set forth in the Copyright Law of the European Union, and displays information from the headquarters of the agency who understands this type of conflict, depending on country is the victim.

For geo-location information, the malware establishes a connection from IP address 91.209.238.2 found in Moldova, Republic Of Eugenia E. Groza reporting IP address, and then do a whois to establish the country of origin of the victim.

> 91.209.238.2/m5tools/ip.php
                        > 91.209.238.2/m5tools/whois.php

Countermeasures
Press the Ctrl + Alt + Del to bring up task manager.
End process "iqmanager.exe"
Delete the folder IQmanager that is located in C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data
Delete the Desktop icon

Enter the code below: RFHM2-TPX47-YD6RT-H4KDM


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Make a copy of itself into the Windows System folder under the name myserv.exe, and a reference in the registry Run key.

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KeyMy c:\windows\myserv.exe 

Countermeasures

Restart in Safe Mode and delete the file myserv.exe found in the Windows folder.
Delete the reference KeyMy (c:\windows\myserv.exe) located in HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

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When the malicious binary is executed, it causes an alleged error in IE.

Just create a plain text file called xFoLOOOSErs.txt with the following information:

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19793214

And creates a registry key.

The number stored in this file corresponds to the telephone number the user must send an SMS to unlock the system. However, this is not the only number that uses the cyber criminal, and that also can display the following:

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19777877
197852
197971412

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5373
7250

Technical data:
MD5: 0cc435c5bfe3444ce7151f8f2a319728
SHA1: 9c00c70b220da9b59fc9be55d37d7a1f94abb2e0
File size: 71168 bytes
Packer: -

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0000000
1973143

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