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rule win_avrecon_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-05-04" 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 = "20260422" malpedia_hash = "a182e35da64e6d71cb55f125c4d4225196523f14" malpedia_version = "20260504" 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 = { 50 ff15???????? e9???????? 55 8bec 83ec54 53 } // n = 7, score = 300 // 50 | push eax // ff15???????? | // e9???????? | // 55 | push ebp // 8bec | mov ebp, esp // 83ec54 | sub esp, 0x54 // 53 | push ebx $sequence_1 = { 7411 8a0a 84c9 740b 380e 7507 46 } // n = 7, score = 300 // 7411 | je 0x13 // 8a0a | mov cl, byte ptr [edx] // 84c9 | test cl, cl // 740b | je 0xd // 380e | cmp byte ptr [esi], cl // 7507 | jne 9 // 46 | inc esi $sequence_2 = { 8d85c8fbffff 50 897548 c7455c00001000 e8???????? } // n = 5, score = 300 // 8d85c8fbffff | lea eax, [ebp - 0x438] // 50 | push eax // 897548 | mov dword ptr [ebp + 0x48], esi // c7455c00001000 | mov dword ptr [ebp + 0x5c], 0x100000 // e8???????? | $sequence_3 = { c645d600 c645d701 c645d500 ff15???????? 83f8ff 0f8454020000 8b3d???????? } // n = 7, score = 300 // c645d600 | mov byte ptr [ebp - 0x2a], 0 // c645d701 | mov byte ptr [ebp - 0x29], 1 // c645d500 | mov byte ptr [ebp - 0x2b], 0 // ff15???????? | // 83f8ff | cmp eax, -1 // 0f8454020000 | je 0x25a // 8b3d???????? | $sequence_4 = { 741d 4e 4e 753c ff7554 8b757c } // n = 6, score = 300 // 741d | je 0x1f // 4e | dec esi // 4e | dec esi // 753c | jne 0x3e // ff7554 | push dword ptr [ebp + 0x54] // 8b757c | mov esi, dword ptr [ebp + 0x7c] $sequence_5 = { 50 6880000000 57 ff7508 ffd6 6a04 8d45f8 } // n = 7, score = 300 // 50 | push eax // 6880000000 | push 0x80 // 57 | push edi // ff7508 | push dword ptr [ebp + 8] // ffd6 | call esi // 6a04 | push 4 // 8d45f8 | lea eax, [ebp - 8] $sequence_6 = { 57 ff7558 ff756c e8???????? 85c0 7e61 } // n = 6, score = 300 // 57 | push edi // ff7558 | push dword ptr [ebp + 0x58] // ff756c | push dword ptr [ebp + 0x6c] // e8???????? | // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 7e61 | jle 0x63 $sequence_7 = { 297558 eb03 897578 017564 } // n = 4, score = 300 // 297558 | sub dword ptr [ebp + 0x58], esi // eb03 | jmp 5 // 897578 | mov dword ptr [ebp + 0x78], esi // 017564 | add dword ptr [ebp + 0x64], esi $sequence_8 = { 8bd8 3bdf 0f8e88010000 6a20 8d4524 50 e8???????? } // n = 7, score = 300 // 8bd8 | mov ebx, eax // 3bdf | cmp ebx, edi // 0f8e88010000 | jle 0x18e // 6a20 | push 0x20 // 8d4524 | lea eax, [ebp + 0x24] // 50 | push eax // e8???????? | $sequence_9 = { 57 c705????????01000000 ff15???????? 33c0 40 898584fbffff 898588fcffff } // n = 7, score = 300 // 57 | push edi // c705????????01000000 | // ff15???????? | // 33c0 | xor eax, eax // 40 | inc eax // 898584fbffff | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x47c], eax // 898588fcffff | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x378], eax 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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