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TROJ_MALPAG.A

October 09, 2012
 Analysis by: Kathleen Notario
 PLATFORM:

Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003

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

  • Threat Type: Trojan

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: No

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW


This Trojan may be hosted on a website and run when a user accesses the said website.

It connects to certain URLs. It may do this to remotely inform a malicious user of its installation. It may also do this to download possibly malicious files onto the computer, which puts the computer at a greater risk of infection by other threats.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

813 bytes

File Type:

HTML, HTM

Memory Resident:

No

Initial Samples Received Date:

02 Sep 2011

Arrival Details

This Trojan may be hosted on a website and run when a user accesses the said website.

Download Routine

This Trojan connects to the following malicious URLs:

  • http://www.{BLOCKED}5.com/b.js

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

8.900

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE:

8.396.04

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE:

02 Sep 2011

Step 1

Close all opened browser windows

Step 2

For Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 users, before doing any scans, please make sure you disable System Restore to allow full scanning of your computer.

Step 3

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as TROJ_MALPAG.A. 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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