BKDR_SIMDA.SUTA
Windows
Threat Type: Backdoor
Destructiveness: No
Encrypted:
In the wild: Yes
OVERVIEW
This backdoor arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
Arrival Details
This backdoor arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.
Other System Modifications
This backdoor deletes the following files:
- %Windows%\1.hiv
- %Windows%\2.hiv
(Note: %Windows% is the Windows folder, where it usually is C:\Windows on all Windows operating system versions.)
It adds the following registry keys:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\IExplorer
It adds the following registry entries:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\IExplorer
Start = "2"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\IExplorer
WOW64 = "1"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\IExplorer
ServiceDll = "%System%\netsvclot.dll"
Dropping Routine
This backdoor drops the following files:
- %User Temp%\updqig.dll
- %System%\netsvclot.dll
(Note: %User Temp% is the user's temporary folder, where it usually is C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Local Settings\Temp on Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP (32- and 64-bit); C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Local\Temp 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.. %System% is the Windows system folder, where it usually is C:\Windows\System32 on all Windows operating system versions.)
Other Details
This backdoor connects to the following possibly malicious URL:
- http://www.{BLOCKED}ends.sexxxy.biz/gif/147159.jpg
- http://www.{BLOCKED}ends.sexxxy.biz/147159.jpg
- {BLOCKED}0.213.120
This report is generated via an automated analysis system.
SOLUTION
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
Delete this registry key
Important: Editing the Windows Registry incorrectly can lead to irreversible system malfunction. Please do this step only if you know how or you can ask assistance from your system administrator. Else, check this Microsoft article first before modifying your computer's registry.
- In HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software
- IExplorer
Step 3
Delete this registry value
Important: Editing the Windows Registry incorrectly can lead to irreversible system malfunction. Please do this step only if you know how or you can ask assistance from your system administrator. Else, check this Microsoft article first before modifying your computer's registry.
- In HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\IExplorer
- Start = "2"
- In HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\IExplorer
- WOW64 = "1"
- In HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\IExplorer
- ServiceDll = "%System%\netsvclot.dll"
Step 4
Search and delete these components
- %User Temp%\updqig.dll
- %System%\netsvclot.dll
Step 5
Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as BKDR_SIMDA.SUTA. 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 6
Restore this file from backup only Microsoft-related files will be restored. If this malware/grayware also deleted files related to programs that are not from Microsoft, please reinstall those programs on you computer again.
- %Windows%\1.hiv
- %Windows%\2.hiv
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