HKTL_EVID
Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003
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Threat Type: Hacking Tool
Destructiveness: No
Encrypted:
In the wild: Yes
OVERVIEW
This hacking tool 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
369,152 bytes
EXE
No
27 Jan 2014
Arrival Details
This hacking tool arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.
Other System Modifications
This hacking tool deletes the following files:
- %System%\drivers\tcpiprenamed.sys
- %System%\drivers\tcpipreset
- %System Root%\tcpipreset
- %System%\drivers\tcpip.copy
(Note: %System% is the Windows system folder, which is usually C:\Windows\System32.. %System Root% is the root folder, which is usually C:\. It is also where the operating system is located.)
Dropping Routine
This hacking tool drops the following files:
- %System%\drivers\tcpip.copy
- %System%\drivers\tcpipreset
(Note: %System% is the Windows system folder, which is usually C:\Windows\System32.)
This report is generated via an automated analysis system.
SOLUTION
9.300
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
Search and delete these components
- %System%\drivers\tcpip.copy
- %System%\drivers\tcpipreset
Step 3
Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as HKTL_EVID. 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.
Step 4
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.
- %System%\drivers\tcpiprenamed.sys
- %System%\drivers\tcpipreset
- %System Root%\tcpipreset
- %System%\drivers\tcpip.copy
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