Analysis by: Rhena Inocencio
ALIASES:

Trojan:JS/Redirector.HO (Microsoft), Trojan-Clicker.HTML.RemoteScript (v) (Sunbelt)

 PLATFORM:

Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003

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

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

Once a user visits an affected Web page, this HTML script launches a hidden IFRAME that connects to a malicious URL.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size: 787 bytes
File Type: HTML, HTM
Initial Samples Received Date: 14 Dec 2011

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.

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

Other Details

This Trojan connects to the following possibly malicious URL:

  • http://{BLOCKED}ock.ru/kerning.js

Once a user visits an affected Web page, this HTML script launches a hidden IFRAME that connects to a malicious URL.