How to use the Trend Micro System Information Collector (SIC) tool
 

Solution ID:

EN-1037952

Product:

Trend Micro AntiVirus plus AntiSpyware - 2008; Trend Micro Antivirus plus AntiSpyware - 2009; Trend Micro Internet Security - 2008, 2009; Trend Micro Internet Security Pro - 2009, 2008
Operating System:
Windows Vista; Windows Vista - SP1; Windows XP - SP2

Published:

1/24/2010 11:31 PM 
 

Solution:

Public

 

You can use the System Information Collector (SIC) tool to generate files to further help Trend Micro Consumer support in analyzing malware problems. Click below for instructions on how to:

 

Generate System Logs

Collect Malware Samples

 

Generate System Logs

   

1.

Download the SIC Tool.

   

2.

On the File Download window, click Save. The Save As window appears.

   

3.

Click Desktop as the location and click Save.

   

4.

Double-click the file to extract the tool.

Note: For help with extracting ZIP files, refer to Compressing and extracting a file using WinZip.

   

5.

On your desktop, double-click SICWin.exe to run the SIC tool.

   
 

   

6.

When the License Agreement window appears, click I Accept and then click Next.

   
 

   

7.

When the Trend Micro SIC window appears, click Analyze. This will take a while.

   
 

   

8.

When asked if you want to view the log file, click No and then click Exit.

   
 

   
 

A folder named SICLOG will be created on your desktop.

   
 

   

9..

Double-click the SICLOG folder and look for the file SICLOGXXXXX.txt, where "X" represents numbers.

   
 

   

10.

Send the file to Trend Micro Consumer Support for analysis.

   

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Collect Malware Samples

   

1.

Download the SIC Tool.

   

2.

On the File Download window, click Save. The Save As window appears.

   

3.

Click Desktop as the location and click Save.

   

4.

Double-click the file to extract the tool.

Note: For help with extracting ZIP files, refer to Compressing and extracting a file using WinZip.

   

5.

On your desktop, double-click SICWin.exe to run the SIC tool.

   
 

   

6.

When the License Agreement window appears, click I Accept and then click Next.

   
 

   

7.

When the Trend Micro SIC window appears, click Analyze. This will take a while.

   
 

   

8.

Click Retrieve Files to start the collection of samples of uncleaned or suspected files.

   
 

   
 

The files will be listed in the right panel of the Select Files For Analysis window.

   
 

   

9.

Click Compress and Retrieve files to zip all the listed files. This will take a while.

   
 

   

10.

Click Done and a copy of the zip file named SUSPECT.ZIP will be saved on your desktop.

   
 

   

11.

Send the zip file together with the SIC log to Trend Micro Consumer Support for further analysis.

   
 

   

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After the procedure, the SIC tool logs the following information from the target machine:

 

System Information (Operating system, Windows folder, Systems folder, etc.)

Network Connections (TCP/UDP connections and related programs)

Shared Folders (This feature is disabled by default)

Disk Drive(s); Master Boot Record(s) (MBR)

Programs that automatically run when the machine starts

Services (WinNT-based platforms only)

Active or running processes

Modules or libraries being used by the active processes

Installed AV products (OfficeScan, PC-cillin, and ServerProtect)

List of services found in the Registry

List of files found in the shared folders

List AUTORUN.INF files found in root drives

Retrieve ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) Table information

   

Note: This solution entry also applies to the following products:

PC-cillin Internet Security - 2007

Trend Micro Internet Security for Dell - 16.6

PC-cillin Internet Security - 14.7 Dell


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