Analysis by: Jennifer Gumban
 PLATFORM:

Windows

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

  • Threat Type: Hacking Tool

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: No

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

This hacking tool may be manually installed by a user.

It steals certain information from the system and/or the user.

It is used by other malware/grayware to steal information.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size: 741,376 bytes
File Type: EXE
Memory Resident: No
Initial Samples Received Date: 14 May 2014

Arrival Details

This hacking tool may be manually installed by a user.

Information Theft

This hacking tool steals the following information:

  • Firefox
  • Opera
  • Safari
  • Chrome
  • IE
  • MSN
  • Steam Username
  • jDownloader v1
  • FileZilla
  • Pidgin

Other Details

This hacking tool displays the following images:

It is used by other malware/grayware to steal information.

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine: 9.800
SSAPI PATTERN File: 1.509.01
SSAPI PATTERN Date: 14 May 2014

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

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