W2KM_DLOADR.XTTZ

 Analysis by: Miguel Carlo Ang

 ALIASES:

TrojanDownloader:W97M/Adnel(Microsoft);W97M/Downloader.aik(McAfee);W97M.Downloader.QV(BitDefender)

 PLATFORM:

Windows

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

  • Threat Type: Trojan

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: Yes

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

Infection Channel:

Downloaded from the Internet, Dropped by other malware


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

It executes the downloaded files. As a result, malicious routines of the downloaded files are exhibited on the affected system.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

47,616 bytes

File Type:

DOC

Memory Resident:

No

Initial Samples Received Date:

08 Jun 2015

Payload:

Downloads files

Arrival Details

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

Download Routine

This Trojan connects to the following website(s) to download and execute a malicious file:

  • {BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.217.68/~banobatwo/15/10.exe

It saves the files it downloads using the following names:

  • %User Temp%\biksampc.exe

(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.)

It then executes the downloaded files. As a result, malicious routines of the downloaded files are exhibited on the affected system.

NOTES:
The malware writes the server response to the file regardless if the site returns the file or not. As of this writing, the file is not hosted anymore on the site.

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.750

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE:

11.718.05

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE:

08 Jun 2015

VSAPI OPR PATTERN File:

11.719.00

VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date:

09 Jun 2015

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 files

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  • %User Temp%\biksampc.exe

Step 3

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as W2KM_DLOADR.XTTZ. 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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