HKTL_REMOTESPAWN

October 19, 2015
 Analysis by: Homer Pacag
 ALIASES:

Riskware/BERS (Fortinet); RemAdm-BERS (McAfee)

 PLATFORM:

Windows

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

  • Threat Type: Hacking Tool

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: No

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

This hacking tool may be manually installed by a user.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

118,784 bytes

File Type:

EXE

Memory Resident:

No

Initial Samples Received Date:

05 Oct 2015

Arrival Details

This hacking tool may be manually installed by a user.

NOTES:

This hacking tool can perform the following routines via command line:

  • Allow processes to run in either the system or administrator's account
  • Allow or deny processes the right to interact with the logged on user
  • Terminate processes after a specified number of seconds
  • Run processes with Above Normal, Below Normal, High Priority, Idle, Normal priorities
  • View, Kill, Suspend or adjust the priorities of processes on remote computers
  • Copy itself remotely in the Windows system folder
  • Bypass Remote Driver checks
  • Perform shutdown, hibernate, reboot, suspend, log off, and lock remotely
  • Force Applications to terminate
  • Prevent user from cancelling shutdown
  • Uninstall remotely

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.750

SSAPI PATTERN File:

1.666.08

SSAPI PATTERN Date:

08 Oct 2015

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

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as HKTL_REMOTESPAWN. 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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