TROJ_EMOTET.WJTR
Trojan:Win32/Emotet.C (Microsoft)
Windows
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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.
It deletes itself after execution.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
285,184 bytes
EXE
Yes
12 Feb 2015
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.
Installation
This Trojan drops the following copies of itself into the affected system and executes them:
- %Application Data%\Identities\{Random Filename}.exe
(Note: %Application Data% is the Application Data folder, where it usually is C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Application Data on Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP (32- and 64-bit); C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Roaming 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.)
Autostart Technique
This Trojan adds the following registry entries to enable its automatic execution at every system startup:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\
Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
{Random Filename}.exe = "%Application Data%\Identities\{Random Filename}.exe"
Other System Modifications
This Trojan adds the following registry keys as part of its installation routine:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Netscape\
5.0
{Random String} =
Other Details
This Trojan connects to the following possibly malicious URL:
- http://{BLOCKED}gwxfuvoawd.eu/{Random String}/8580748f/
- http://{BLOCKED}icaekgvdsc.eu/{Random String}/8580748f/
- http://{BLOCKED}wghsceshpyc.eu/{Random String}/8580748f/
- http://{BLOCKED}tobguhrvse.eu/{Random String}/8580748f/
- http://{BLOCKED}ttwdrgfydlr.eu/{Random String}/8580748f/
- http://{BLOCKED}tbgrwxalqlu.eu/{Random String}/8580748f/
- http://{BLOCKED}trkypraqhto.eu/{Random String}/8580748f/
- http://{BLOCKED}tbotiwxfxqu.eu/{Random String}/8580748f/
It deletes itself after execution.