Analysis by: Michael Jay Villanueva

ALIASES:

Mal/Shiotob-LNK (Sophos)

 PLATFORM:

Windows

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

  • Threat Type: Trojan

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

This Trojan may be dropped by other malware.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size: 662 bytes
File Type: LNK
Memory Resident: No
Initial Samples Received Date: 05 Jul 2017

Arrival Details

This Trojan may be dropped by the following malware:

  • TSPY_BEBLOH

Other Details

This Trojan does the following:

  • This is the Trend Micro detection for shortcut (.LNK) files created by "TSPY_BEBLOH" to execute copies of itself on the affected system.

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine: 9.850
FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE: 13.514.05
FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE: 05 Jul 2017
VSAPI OPR PATTERN File: 13.515.00
VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date: 06 Jul 2017

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 LNK_BEBLOH.YMNOA. 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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