Excellent Eset. Heuristic again...

Discussion in 'NOD32 version 2 Forum' started by sir_carew, Dec 26, 2005.

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  1. sir_carew

    sir_carew Registered Member

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    Hello,
    Today I executed a downloader in my VM that is spreading via MSN Messenger. The downloader downloaded a new variant of Bagle.
    NOD32 previously detected this (I scanned it without Signature enabled) as Probably unknown NewHeur_PE virus. Today was added to database.
    That probes again that heuristic is very important.
    I'm happy with Eset for two things:
    1) Proactively detected
    2) Only few AVs are currently detecting this new variant.

    Here's VirusTotal results:
    AntiVir 6.33.0.70 12.26.2005 no virus found
    Avast 4.6.695.0 12.24.2005 no virus found
    AVG 718 12.23.2005 no virus found
    Avira 6.33.0.70 12.26.2005 no virus found
    BitDefender 7.2 12.27.2005 Win32.Bagle.EF@MM
    CAT-QuickHeal 8.00 12.24.2005 (Suspicious) - DNAScan
    ClamAV devel-20051108 12.26.2005 no virus found
    DrWeb 4.33 12.26.2005 no virus found
    eTrust-Iris 7.1.194.0 12.26.2005 no virus found
    eTrust-Vet 12.4.1.0 12.25.2005 no virus found
    Fortinet 2.54.0.0 12.26.2005 suspicious
    F-Prot 3.16c 12.26.2005 no virus found
    Ikarus 0.2.59.0 12.23.2005 no virus found
    Kaspersky 4.0.2.24 12.27.2005 no virus found
    McAfee 4659 12.26.2005 W32/Bagle.gen
    NOD32v2 1.1340 12.26.2005 Win32/Bagle.EF
    Norman 5.70.10 12.26.2005 no virus found
    Panda 8.02.00 12.26.2005 no virus found
    Sophos 4.01.0 12.26.2005 no virus found
    Symantec 8.0 12.27.2005 Bloodhound.Beagle
    TheHacker 5.9.1.061 12.25.2005 no virus found
    VBA32 3.10.5 12.26.2005 suspected of Email-Worm.Bagle.1

    Keep the good work Eset! :)
     
  2. RejZoR

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    Sorry but this is certanly not a heuristic detection...
    It could be before but this is signature detection.
     
  3. Marcos

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    It was detected by heuristics / generic detection and thus Eset could be the first to have detected it by exact signature as well.
     
  4. RejZoR

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    I said it could (NOD32 detected large range of Beagles,MyTobs and Mydooms) but in this very specific case it's obviosuly signature detection.
     
  5. Stan999

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    Good to see that NOD32 would have detected it zero-time with heuristic
    and that NOD32 was also one of the first AVs to provide signature detection.
     
  6. RejZoR

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    Another thing that surprises me more here is Symantec actually detecting ITW sample with HEURISTICS! You won't see that too often:D
     
  7. sir_carew

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    I think it's heuristic.
    I scanned the file without the option Signature in ThreatSense options.
    Just take a look at the screenshot.
    Cheers.

     

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  8. rdsu

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    Yep,

    like RejZoR said, before it was by heuristics, as we can see on your last image, but on the first was by the signature added by them...

    Good and quick work, ESET ;)
     
  9. pykko

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    Well, RejZoR, think Symantec made a mystake. :p
    They'll release a news: "We're sorry. We weren't supposed to detect this malware heuristically. It won't happen again." :D
     
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    Not heuristic, just generic.
     
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    :) Re-read the OP. His case is a detection by heuristic. His databases were out of date or he executed this in his VM before the update was available.
     
  12. RejZoR

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    Bloodhound is Norton's heuristic tagging. Generic or not it's heuristic (which in these days use mix of generics for signature based heuristic detections, something like NOD32 does queit often).

    No, his detection was signature no matter what you say.
    Do you see somewhere "probably a variant" or "a variant" or "probably new unknown heur_PE"? No, it's signature. But if you see any of those it's some form of heuristic detection which is not in this case. Doesn't matter if you disable signatures and it's then reported by heuristics module. It's still signature detection in his case.
     
  13. Marcos

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    In this case, the sample was already detected by a signature. If you turn off signatures, it will be detected as a variant by a generic signature. With NOD32 2.0, it would be detected by advanced heuristics as a NewHeur_PE virus.
     
  14. RejZoR

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    Yeah, all i'm saing that in this case above was signature and nothing else.
    I don't care what happens when you disable signatures or anything else.
    Thats what i'm saing for the whole time.
     
  15. pykko

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    ok, RejZoR! As for me is very clear! :) :p
     
  16. webyourbusiness

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    ok, that's nice to know, but what kind of foolishness would turning off signatures be?
     
  17. johnpeter

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    heuristic detection....
     
  18. RejZoR

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    Oh god...
     
  19. Brian N

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    That is either generic or signature detection, otherwise it wouldn't have a name.
    Although generic usually is something like: Probably a variant of xxx.xx / A variant of xxx.xx
    Must be sig.
     
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