W2KM_NETWIREDRC.B

January 24, 2017
 Analysis by: Jennifer Gumban
 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:

Dropped by other malware, Downloaded from the Internet, Via email

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.

It executes certain actions WITHIN the affected computer.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

73,728 bytes

File Type:

DOC

Memory Resident:

No

Initial Samples Received Date:

23 Jan 2017

Payload:

Connects to URLs/IPs

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.

Download Routine

This Trojan accesses the following websites to download files:

  • https://www.{BLOCKED}-group.com/chrome/msword.exe
    • ip: {BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.191.51
    • port: 443

It saves the files it downloads using the following names:

Other Details

This Trojan opens the following applications:

  • Event Viewer

It executes the following:

  • PING -n 15 127.0.0.1

This is the Trend Micro detection for Microsoft Word documents that are compromised through the insertion of a malicious macro.

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.800

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

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as W2KM_NETWIREDRC.B. 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

Enable the macro virus protection in Microsoft Office Applications

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