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rule win_avrecon_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-09-17" version = "1" description = "Detects win.avrecon." info = "autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator" tool = "yara-signator v0.6.0" signator_config = "callsandjumps;datarefs;binvalue" malpedia_reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.avrecon" malpedia_rule_date = "20260916" malpedia_hash = "53a643781c18e08f4a50949af60172d837a0b6f6" malpedia_version = "20260917" malpedia_license = "CC BY-SA 4.0" malpedia_sharing = "TLP:WHITE" /* DISCLAIMER * The strings used in this rule have been automatically selected from the * disassembly of memory dumps and unpacked files, using YARA-Signator. * The code and documentation is published here: * https://github.com/fxb-cocacoding/yara-signator * As Malpedia is used as data source, please note that for a given * number of families, only single samples are documented. * This likely impacts the degree of generalization these rules will offer. * Take the described generation method also into consideration when you * apply the rules in your use cases and assign them confidence levels. */ strings: $sequence_0 = { 3d33270000 7420 6a02 ff750c ff15???????? } // n = 5, score = 300 // 3d33270000 | cmp eax, 0x2733 // 7420 | je 0x22 // 6a02 | push 2 // ff750c | push dword ptr [ebp + 0xc] // ff15???????? | $sequence_1 = { 889d90fdffff e8???????? 85c0 7553 53 6a04 68???????? } // n = 7, score = 300 // 889d90fdffff | mov byte ptr [ebp - 0x270], bl // e8???????? | // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 7553 | jne 0x55 // 53 | push ebx // 6a04 | push 4 // 68???????? | $sequence_2 = { 83c61c 837dfc0c 7cd6 395dfc 0f84af000000 33ff 395dfc } // n = 7, score = 300 // 83c61c | add esi, 0x1c // 837dfc0c | cmp dword ptr [ebp - 4], 0xc // 7cd6 | jl 0xffffffd8 // 395dfc | cmp dword ptr [ebp - 4], ebx // 0f84af000000 | je 0xb5 // 33ff | xor edi, edi // 395dfc | cmp dword ptr [ebp - 4], ebx $sequence_3 = { 833d????????01 895d6c 752d 8b35???????? 6a01 } // n = 5, score = 300 // 833d????????01 | // 895d6c | mov dword ptr [ebp + 0x6c], ebx // 752d | jne 0x2f // 8b35???????? | // 6a01 | push 1 $sequence_4 = { 0f8447020000 017df0 8b45f0 3b45f8 7cc0 8b3d???????? 8d45ec } // n = 7, score = 300 // 0f8447020000 | je 0x24d // 017df0 | add dword ptr [ebp - 0x10], edi // 8b45f0 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp - 0x10] // 3b45f8 | cmp eax, dword ptr [ebp - 8] // 7cc0 | jl 0xffffffc2 // 8b3d???????? | // 8d45ec | lea eax, [ebp - 0x14] $sequence_5 = { e8???????? 6800180000 68???????? e8???????? 8d4573 } // n = 5, score = 300 // e8???????? | // 6800180000 | push 0x1800 // 68???????? | // e8???????? | // 8d4573 | lea eax, [ebp + 0x73] $sequence_6 = { 8bec 83ec0c 807d0804 751a 6a08 8d45f8 } // n = 6, score = 300 // 8bec | mov ebp, esp // 83ec0c | sub esp, 0xc // 807d0804 | cmp byte ptr [ebp + 8], 4 // 751a | jne 0x1c // 6a08 | push 8 // 8d45f8 | lea eax, [ebp - 8] $sequence_7 = { e8???????? 8bd8 3bdf 0f8e88010000 6a20 } // n = 5, score = 300 // e8???????? | // 8bd8 | mov ebx, eax // 3bdf | cmp ebx, edi // 0f8e88010000 | jle 0x18e // 6a20 | push 0x20 $sequence_8 = { 55 8bec 81ec14020000 8b4514 53 33db 3bc3 } // n = 7, score = 300 // 55 | push ebp // 8bec | mov ebp, esp // 81ec14020000 | sub esp, 0x214 // 8b4514 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp + 0x14] // 53 | push ebx // 33db | xor ebx, ebx // 3bc3 | cmp eax, ebx $sequence_9 = { 2b4564 8bf0 8b457c 8b4004 034564 56 57 } // n = 7, score = 300 // 2b4564 | sub eax, dword ptr [ebp + 0x64] // 8bf0 | mov esi, eax // 8b457c | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp + 0x7c] // 8b4004 | mov eax, dword ptr [eax + 4] // 034564 | add eax, dword ptr [ebp + 0x64] // 56 | push esi // 57 | push edi condition: 7 of them and filesize < 360448 }
rule win_avrecon_w0 { meta: author = "Adam Burt (adam_burt@symantec.com)" md5hash = "181dbed16bce32a7cfc15ecdd6e31918" sha1hash = "b00a9e4e12f799a1918358d175f571439fc4b45c" source = "https://github.com/mattulm/sfiles_yara/blob/master/malware/poweliks_dropper.yar" malpedia_reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.avrecon" malpedia_version = "20170517" malpedia_license = "CC BY-NC-SA 4.0" malpedia_sharing = "TLP:WHITE" strings: $s1 = "NameOfMutexObject" $c1 = {2F 2E 6D 2C} $c2 = {76 AB 0B A7} condition: $c1 at 0x104a0 or ($s1 and $c2 at 0x104a8) }
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