TROJ_TALERET.LDR

October 29, 2014
 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:

Dropped by other malware

This Trojan may be dropped by other malware.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

7,680 bytes

File Type:

DLL

Memory Resident:

Yes

Initial Samples Received Date:

28 Oct 2014

Arrival Details

This Trojan may be dropped by the following malware:

  • TROJ_TALERET.DRP

Installation

This Trojan adds the following processes:

  • svchost.exe

Other Details

This Trojan requires the existence of the following files to properly run:

  • %User Temp%\tmp.dat - encrypted. The decrypted binary is currently detected as TROJ_TALERET.ZTBJ-A

(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.)

It does the following:

  • It decrypts the content of %User Temp%\tmp.dat
  • It then injects the decrypted content of tmp.dat to svchost.exe

(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.)

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.700

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

Remove the malware/grayware file that dropped/downloaded TROJ_TALERET.LDR. (Note: Please skip this step if the threat(s) listed below have already been removed.)

    • TROJ_TALERET.DRP

Step 3

Restart in Safe Mode

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Step 4

Search and delete these files

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  • %User Temp%\tmp.dat

Step 5

Restart in normal mode and scan your computer with your Trend Micro product for files detected as TROJ_TALERET.LDR. 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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