JAVA_ADWIND.K
Trojan:Java/Adwind.G (Microsoft); Trojan.Java.Adwind (Ikarus); BackDoor-FCOK!Adwind (McAfee); Java/Adwind.I (F-Prot); Backdoor:Java/Adwind.A (F-Secure); Troj/JavaBz-WA (Sophos)
Windows
Threat Type: Trojan
Destructiveness: No
Encrypted:
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.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
63,812 bytes
JAR
No
24 Mar 2015
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 files:
- %User Profile%\XogbLWkUb0\{copies of files under Java Installation folder}
- %User Profile%\CxS7hOuvsdF.tmp
- %Windows%\tem.txt
(Note: %User Profile% is the current user's profile folder, which is usually C:\Documents and Settings\{user name} on Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003, or C:\Users\{user name} on Windows Vista and 7.. %Windows% is the Windows folder, where it usually is C:\Windows on all Windows operating system versions.)
It creates the following folders:
- %User Profile%\XogbLWkUb0
(Note: %User Profile% is the current user's profile folder, which is usually C:\Documents and Settings\{user name} on Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003, or C:\Users\{user name} on Windows Vista and 7.)
Other Details
This Trojan connects to the following possibly malicious URL:
- alienspy1dynamic.{BLOCKED}.net
SOLUTION
9.750
11.558.04
24 Mar 2015
11.559.00
24 Mar 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
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 Profile%\CxS7hOuvsdF.tmp
- %Windows%\tem.txt
Step 4
Search and delete these folders
- %User Profile%\XogbLWkUb0
Step 5
Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as JAVA_ADWIND.K. 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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