TSPY_INFOSTEA.OPU

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

Arrival Details

This spyware 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 spyware creates the following folders:

• %User Profile%\Application Data\nKRzHJklN

(Note: %User Profile% is the current user's profile folder, which is usually C:\Documents and Settings\{user name} on Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003, or C:\Users\{user name} on Windows Vista and 7.)

Other System Modifications

This spyware deletes the following files:

• {malware path and file name}:zone.identifier
• %User Temp%\3n7Owf9alK.ini
• %User Temp%\RvlHqEWJ9S.ini
• %User Temp%\oZYmephvra.ini
• %User Temp%\UvLoSoadcg.ini
• %User Temp%\r6uweWXZLo.ini
• %User Temp%\b4P8ziNmhy.ini
• %User Temp%\1z5m0rOPi4.ini
• %User Temp%\ODSSXYOCtr.ini
• %User Temp%\SGbIGeKepL.ini

(Note: %User Temp% is the user's temporary folder, where it usually is C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Local Settings\Temp on Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP (32- and 64-bit); C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Local\Temp on Windows Vista (32- and 64-bit), Windows 7 (32- and 64-bit), Windows 8 (32- and 64-bit), Windows 8.1 (32- and 64-bit), Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2012.)

Dropping Routine

This spyware drops the following files:

• %User Profile%\nKRzHJklN\5221.xml
• %User Startup%\B8hIi9FwLii.lnk
• %User Temp%\RWdgyh06Pc.ini
• %User Temp%\yprRNP3NIt.ini
• %User Temp%\Iqyht4Q5dI.ini
• %User Temp%\A11rT8oFGG.ini
• %User Temp%\qNpoVQqXFh.ini
• %User Temp%\OUEKhZ7RHK.ini
• %User Temp%\POhNFuKHSk.ini
• %User Temp%\CYV0AhEcGt.ini
• %User Temp%\g2GBIEqD98.ini
• %User Temp%\MP2D5EjvuE.ini

(Note: %User Profile% is the current user's profile folder, which is usually C:\Documents and Settings\{user name} on Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003, or C:\Users\{user name} on Windows Vista and 7.. %User Startup% is the current user's Startup folder, which is usually C:\Windows\Profiles\{user name}\Start Menu\Programs\Startup on Windows 98 and ME, C:\WINNT\Profiles\{user name}\Start Menu\Programs\Startup on Windows NT, and C:\Documents and Settings\{User name}\Start Menu\Programs\Startup.. %User Temp% is the user's temporary folder, where it usually is C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Local Settings\Temp on Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP (32- and 64-bit); C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Local\Temp on Windows Vista (32- and 64-bit), Windows 7 (32- and 64-bit), Windows 8 (32- and 64-bit), Windows 8.1 (32- and 64-bit), Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2012.)

Other Details

This spyware connects to the following possibly malicious URL:

• http://whizkidinternational.{BLOCKED}o.in/css/lucky/index.php?{random characters}

This report is generated via an automated analysis system.