PE_NESHTA.DAM

October 06, 2016
 Analysis by: Cris Nowell Pantanilla
 PLATFORM:

Windows

 OVERALL RISK RATING:
 REPORTED INFECTION:

  • Threat Type: File infector

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

This file infector 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

File Size:

1,153,024 bytes

File Type:

EXE

Memory Resident:

No

Initial Samples Received Date:

28 Oct 2009

Arrival Details

This file infector arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

File Infection

This is the Trend Micro detection for files infected by:

  • Damaged samples of PE_NESHTA

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.800

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE:

6.582.01

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE:

28 Oct 2009

VSAPI OPR PATTERN File:

6.583.00

VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date:

29 Oct 2009

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 PE_NESHTA.DAM. 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 3

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.

    Files detected as PE_NESHTA.DAM


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