Trojan.W97M.POWLOAD.DAM

 Analysis by: Carl Maverick Pascual

 PLATFORM:

Windows

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

  • Threat Type: Trojan

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW


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.

This is the Trend Micro detection for files that exhibit certain behaviors.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

48,450 bytes

File Type:

DOC

Initial Samples Received Date:

12 Jan 2019

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.

Other Details

This is the Trend Micro detection for:

  • Damaged samples of Trojan.W97M.POWLOAD variants.
  • Samples detected by this pattern contains code errors and/or file structure error, thus they fail to exhibit their intended routines.

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.850

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE:

14.748.01

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE:

12 Jan 2019

VSAPI OPR PATTERN File:

14.749.00

VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date:

13 Jan 2019

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as Trojan.W97M.POWLOAD.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 the following Trend Micro Support pages for more information:


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