hkcmd.exe Trojan?

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  1. luvhirez

    luvhirez Registered Member

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    Hi,
    I just did a scan with ewido with the current database.
    and it came up with "TrojanDropper.Agent.le" it was the file hkcmd.exe in the system32 directory. I did a google search for hkcmd.exe and found nothing at all of any trojans,it had a security risk of 0. it is meant to be a intel graphics driver file.
    I also searched for trojandropper.agent.le and found absoloutly nothing.
    I have cleaned it and quarrantined it. and the file is no longer in sys32 dir.

    can anybody tell me anything about this?

    please help
    thanks
     
  2. peter.ewido

    peter.ewido former ewido team

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    Should be a false postive :( Will be fixed. :)
    Edit: fixed :)
     
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  3. luvhirez

    luvhirez Registered Member

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    Hi fish25,

    Is it an error?SORRY i just saw your edit :D

    if so what should i do.
    The trojan was found in

    system32\hkcmd.exe
    system32\reinstallbackups\0015\driverfiles\hkcmd.exe
    and 2 in a system restore point

    do i need to retore them.

    Is this trojan also called trojandownloader.agent.le
    as i did recieve a popup which resembled this trojan, as found with a google search.
     
  4. peter.ewido

    peter.ewido former ewido team

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    Yes, simply restore the files... Sorry for the inconvenience!
     
  5. luvhirez

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    Hi fish25,
    Sorry for being a little paranoid,
    I did spot some weird behaviour from my computer not long before i did this scan. Similar to what happens with the trojan "trojandownloader.agent.le"
    I got a pop up saying that my computer was infected and to download a program by selecting download. My computer is usually squeeky clean. never get popups or anything.
    Is it possible that the trojan could have used this file?
    can I send the sample anywhere? if so how do i do it?

    cheers :)
     
  6. luvhirez

    luvhirez Registered Member

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    I did a search on my computer for hkcmd.exe
    and there were still 2 there in IBM files. so it didnt get all of them. That brings me to the question, what is different about those 2 files? how come they didnt get flagged?
     
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    peter.ewido former ewido team

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    luvhirez Registered Member

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    how do i send them from quarantine?
     
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    peter.ewido former ewido team

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    The files are located in "ewido\security suite\Quarantine", unfortunately they are not named like the infections so better send them all :)
     
  10. luvhirez

    luvhirez Registered Member

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    Sent :)

    thanks fish25
     
  11. peter.ewido

    peter.ewido former ewido team

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    Nothing but a false positive ;)
     
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