OPVW.EXE is rootkit KeyLogger.Ardamax

October 10, 2011 by NightWatcher
Filed under: Rootkit 
: Solved!

Fix it immediately:

Rootkit OPVW.EXE is software that enables continued privileged access to a computer while actively hiding its presence.
Detection and removal of OPVW.EXE may be a very difficult process.
You should use anti-rootkit software to fix the OPVW.EXE problem.

Malware Analysis of OPVW.EXE
Full path on a computer: %SysDir%\28463\OPVW.exe

After first reboot detected by UnHackMe:

Item Name: OPVW Agent
Author: Unknown
Related File: %SYSDIR%\28463\OPVW.EXE
Type: Registry Run

Removal Results: Success
Number of reboot: 2

OPVW.EXE is known as:

KeyLogger.Ardamax

OPVW.EXE hash:

  • MD5: 17535DDDECF8CB1EFDBA1F1952126547
How to quickly detect OPVW.EXE presence? 

Registry:
  • HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\OPVW Agent: “%SysDir%\28463\OPVW.exe”
Folders:
  • %SysDir%\28463
Files:
  • %Temp%\@2.tmp
  • %SysDir%\28463\AKV.exe
  • %SysDir%\28463\OPVW.001
  • %SysDir%\28463\OPVW.006
  • %SysDir%\28463\OPVW.007
  • %SysDir%\28463\OPVW.exe


Recommended: UnHackMe anti-rootkit and anti-malware

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Tags: Ardamax, KeyLogger, OPVW.EXE, Rootkit

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