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TROJ_UPATRE.PRE

May 19, 2014
 Analysis by: Adrian Cofreros
 ALIASES:

Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Agent.hekc(Kaspersky),Win32/TrojanDownloader.Waski.A trojan(NOD32)

 PLATFORM:

Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP (32-bit, 64-bit), Windows Vista (32-bit, 64-bit), Windows 7 (32-bit, 64-bit)

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

  • Threat Type: Trojan

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: Yes

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW


This Trojan arrives as an attachment to email messages spammed by other malware/grayware or malicious users. It arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

It deletes the initially executed copy of itself.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

18,432 bytes

File Type:

EXE

Memory Resident:

No

Initial Samples Received Date:

07 May 2014

Payload:

Connects to URLs/IPs, Downloads files

Arrival Details

This Trojan arrives as an attachment to email messages spammed by other malware/grayware or malicious users.

It 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 Trojan drops the following copies of itself into the affected system and executes them:

  • %User Temp%\budha.exe

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

Download Routine

This Trojan accesses the following websites to download files:

  • http://{BLOCKED}tion-ltd.com.pk/test/Targ-0605USmp.enc
  • http://{BLOCKED}tart.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Targ-0605USmp.enc

It saves the files it downloads using the following names:

Other Details

This Trojan deletes the initially executed copy of itself

  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 malware/grayware files dropped/downloaded by TROJ_UPATRE.PRE

Step 3

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