Trojan.Win32.WHISPERGATE.YXCAX
DoS:Win32/WhisperGate.M (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 executes then deletes itself afterward.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
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.
This malware arrives via the following means:
- It may be loaded by the following:
Installation
This Trojan adds the following processes:
- cmd.exe /min /C ping 111.111.111.111 -n 5 -w 10 > Nul & Del /f /q {Malware path and name}
It executes then deletes itself afterward.
Other Details
This Trojan does the following:
- It replaces the extension of overwritten files with the following:
- .{random characters}
- It wipes files in fixed and remote drives.
- It wipes the files with the following extensions:
- .HTML
- .HTM
- .SHTML
- .XHTML
- .PHTML
- .PHP
- .JSP
- .ASP
- .PHPS
- .PHP5
- .ASPX
- .PHP4
- .PHP6
- .PHP7
- .PHP3
- .DOC
- .DOCX
- .XLS
- .XLSX
- .PPT
- .PPTX
- .PST
- .OST
- .MSG
- .EML
- .VSD
- .VSDX
- .TXT
- .CSV
- .RTF
- .WKS
- .WK1
- .DWG
- .ONETOC2
- .SNT
- .JPEG
- .JPG
- .DOCB
- .DOCM
- .DOT
- .DOTM
- .DOTX
- .XLSM
- .XLSB
- .XLW
- .XLT
- .XLM
- .XLC
- .XLTX
- .XLTM
- .PPTM
- .POT
- .PPS
- .PPSM
- .PPSX
- .PPAM
- .POTX
- .POTM
- .EDB
- .HWP
- .602
- .SXI
- .STI
- .SLDX
- .SLDM
- .BMP
- .PNG
- .GIF
- .RAW
- .CGM
- .SLN
- .TIF
- .TIFF
- .NEF
- .PSD
- .AI
- .SVG
- .CLASS
- .JAR
- .BRD
- .SCH
- .DCH
- .DIP
- .PL
- .VB
- .VBS
- .PS1
- .BAT
- .CMD
- .JS
- .ASM
- .PAS
- .CPP
- .C
- .CS
- .SUO
- .ASC
- .LAY6
- .LAY
- .MML
- .SXM
- .OTG
- .ODG
- .UOP
- .STD
- .SXD
- .OTP
- .ODP
- .WB2
- .SLK
- .DIF
- .STC
- .SXC
- .OTS
- .ODS
- .3DM
- .MAX
- .3DS
- .UOT
- .STW
- .SXW
- .OTT
- .ODT
- .PEM
- .P12
- .CSR
- .CRT
- .KEY
- .PFX
- .DER
- .OGG
- .RB
- .GO
- .JAVA
- .INC
- .WAR
- .PY
- .KDBX
- .INI
- .YML
- .PPK
- .LOG
- .VDI
- .VMDK
- .VHD
- .HDD
- .NVRAM
- .VMSD
- .VMSN
- .VMSS
- .VMTM
- .VMX
- .VMXF
- .VSWP
- .VMTX
- .VMEM
- .MDF
- .IBD
- .MYI
- .MYD
- .FRM
- .SAV
- .ODB
- .DBF
- .DB
- .MDB
- .ACCDB
- .SQL
- .SQLITEDB
- .SQLITE3
- .LDF
- .SQ3
- .ARC
- .PAQ
- .BZ2
- .TBK
- .BAK
- .TAR
- .TGZ
- .GZ
- .7Z
- .RAR
- .ZIP
- .BACKUP
- .ISO
- .VCD
- .BZ
- .CONFIG
SOLUTION
Step 1
Before doing any scans, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10 users must disable System Restore to allow full scanning of their computers.
Step 2
Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to clean files detected as Trojan.Win32.WHISPERGATE.YXCAX. 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:
NOTES:
Step 3:
Restore wiped files using backup data.
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