TROJ_SWORT.VSYB

April 13, 2017
 Analysis by: John Anthony Banes
 ALIASES:

Trojan:Win32/Swrort (Microsoft); Troj/MetSrv-A (Sophos Lite);

 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

Infection Channel:

Downloaded from the Internet

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. It may be downloaded by other malware/grayware/spyware from remote sites.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

958,531 bytes

File Type:

DLL

Memory Resident:

Yes

Initial Samples Received Date:

12 Apr 2017

Payload:

Connects to URLs/IPs

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.

It may be downloaded by other malware/grayware/spyware from remote sites.

Other Details

This Trojan does the following:

  • It connects to the following remote server to download an arbitrary code that it executes on the affected system:
    • https://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.118.131:443
    • https://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.218.205:443

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.850

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE:

13.336.02

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE:

12 Apr 2017

VSAPI OPR PATTERN File:

13.337.00

VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date:

13 Apr 2017

Step 1

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

Step 2

Identify and terminate files detected as TROJ_SWORT.VSYB

[ Learn More ]
  1. Windows Task Manager may not display all running processes. In this case, please use a third-party process viewer, preferably Process Explorer, to terminate the malware/grayware/spyware file. You may download the said tool here.
  2. If the detected file is displayed in either Windows Task Manager or Process Explorer but you cannot delete it, restart your computer in safe mode. To do this, refer to this link for the complete steps.
  3. If the detected file is not displayed in either Windows Task Manager or Process Explorer, continue doing the next steps.

Step 3

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as TROJ_SWORT.VSYB. 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 this Knowledge Base page for more information.


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