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rule win_avrecon_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-01-05" 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 = "20260105" malpedia_hash = "19b79e7cab4eaf532122e5b45a77dd8f6bb5cc79" malpedia_version = "20251219" 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 = { 6a24 8d4554 50 e8???????? } // n = 4, score = 300 // 6a24 | push 0x24 // 8d4554 | lea eax, [ebp + 0x54] // 50 | push eax // e8???????? | $sequence_1 = { 8d45f8 50 53 ff75ec c745f801000000 ffd7 83f8ff } // n = 7, score = 300 // 8d45f8 | lea eax, [ebp - 8] // 50 | push eax // 53 | push ebx // ff75ec | push dword ptr [ebp - 0x14] // c745f801000000 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 8], 1 // ffd7 | call edi // 83f8ff | cmp eax, -1 $sequence_2 = { 83791c01 7511 6a00 8d4514 50 56 57 } // n = 7, score = 300 // 83791c01 | cmp dword ptr [ecx + 0x1c], 1 // 7511 | jne 0x13 // 6a00 | push 0 // 8d4514 | lea eax, [ebp + 0x14] // 50 | push eax // 56 | push esi // 57 | push edi $sequence_3 = { 8d4401fc c7457401000000 894570 8d7c1f04 837d7000 } // n = 5, score = 300 // 8d4401fc | lea eax, [ecx + eax - 4] // c7457401000000 | mov dword ptr [ebp + 0x74], 1 // 894570 | mov dword ptr [ebp + 0x70], eax // 8d7c1f04 | lea edi, [edi + ebx + 4] // 837d7000 | cmp dword ptr [ebp + 0x70], 0 $sequence_4 = { 807d7301 7508 e8???????? 885d73 8d85a8f3ffff 50 } // n = 6, score = 300 // 807d7301 | cmp byte ptr [ebp + 0x73], 1 // 7508 | jne 0xa // e8???????? | // 885d73 | mov byte ptr [ebp + 0x73], bl // 8d85a8f3ffff | lea eax, [ebp - 0xc58] // 50 | push eax $sequence_5 = { 8d85a8f7ffff 50 c7454000040000 ff15???????? } // n = 4, score = 300 // 8d85a8f7ffff | lea eax, [ebp - 0x858] // 50 | push eax // c7454000040000 | mov dword ptr [ebp + 0x40], 0x400 // ff15???????? | $sequence_6 = { 51 894d30 33c0 8d8d18feffff 40 51 50 } // n = 7, score = 300 // 51 | push ecx // 894d30 | mov dword ptr [ebp + 0x30], ecx // 33c0 | xor eax, eax // 8d8d18feffff | lea ecx, [ebp - 0x1e8] // 40 | inc eax // 51 | push ecx // 50 | push eax $sequence_7 = { 50 bb7f660440 53 ff7508 c745f801000000 ffd7 83f8ff } // n = 7, score = 300 // 50 | push eax // bb7f660440 | mov ebx, 0x4004667f // 53 | push ebx // ff7508 | push dword ptr [ebp + 8] // c745f801000000 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 8], 1 // ffd7 | call edi // 83f8ff | cmp eax, -1 $sequence_8 = { 50 e8???????? 85c0 7466 6a0e 68???????? } // n = 6, score = 300 // 50 | push eax // e8???????? | // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 7466 | je 0x68 // 6a0e | push 0xe // 68???????? | $sequence_9 = { 83650800 b8e8030000 660105???????? 0fb705???????? 50 ffd6 668945de } // n = 7, score = 300 // 83650800 | and dword ptr [ebp + 8], 0 // b8e8030000 | mov eax, 0x3e8 // 660105???????? | // 0fb705???????? | // 50 | push eax // ffd6 | call esi // 668945de | mov word ptr [ebp - 0x22], ax 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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