TSPY_PLIMROST.VGD
Windows
Threat Type: Spyware
Destructiveness: No
Encrypted:
In the wild: Yes
OVERVIEW
This Spyware arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
684,544 bytes
EXE
No
13 May 2017
Steals information, Connects to URLs/IPs
Arrival Details
This Spyware 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 Spyware drops the following files:
- %User Temp%\{random}.ini
(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.)
Information Theft
This Spyware gathers the following data:
- Computer/Machine Name
Other Details
This Spyware connects to the following possibly malicious URL:
- http://{BLOCKED}salshipchandlers.com/language/ogbu/index.php?action={value}&username={value}&password={value}&app={value}&pcname={Machine Name}&sitename={value}
SOLUTION
9.800
13.410.04
16 May 2017
13.411.00
17 May 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
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
Search and delete this file
- %User Temp%\{random}.ini
Step 4
Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as TSPY_PLIMROST.VGD. 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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