BKDR_PLUGX.TRR
Windows
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Threat Type: Backdoor
Destructiveness: No
Encrypted:
In the wild: Yes
OVERVIEW
This backdoor arrives as an attachment to email messages spammed by other malware/grayware or malicious users.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
216,064 bytes
DLL
Yes
21 Apr 2015
Arrival Details
This backdoor arrives as an attachment to email messages spammed by other malware/grayware or malicious users.
Installation
This backdoor drops the following files:
- %Application Data%\{random}
(Note: %Application Data% is the Application Data folder, where it usually is C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Application Data on Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP (32- and 64-bit); C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Roaming 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 System Modifications
This backdoor deletes the following files:
- all .jpg files found in the affected system
Other Details
This backdoor connects to the following possibly malicious URL:
- http://mx.{BLOCKED}oik.org:443/{random}
- http://mx.{BLOCKED}OIK.ORG/{random}
SOLUTION
9.750
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
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 3
Restart in Safe Mode
Step 4
Search and delete this file
- %Application Data%\{random}
Step 5
Restore this file from backup only Microsoft-related files will be restored. If this malware/grayware also deleted files related to programs that are not from Microsoft, please reinstall those programs on you computer again.
- Deleted .jpg files
Step 6
Restart in normal mode and scan your computer with your Trend Micro product for files detected as BKDR_PLUGX.TRR. 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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