Analysis by: Pearl Charlaine Espejo
ALIASES:

Win32.Trojan.Locky.Lpbu (Tencent); Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Locky.bgu (Kaspersky); Ransomware-Locky.d!enc (McAfee)

 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 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

File Size: 260,608 bytes
File Type: Other
Memory Resident: No
Initial Samples Received Date: 05 Aug 2016

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.

NOTES:
This is Trend Micro’s detection for the encrypted file of Ransom_LOCKY.DLDVEQ.

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine: 9.8
FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE: 12.694.08
FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE: 05 Aug 2016
VSAPI OPR PATTERN File: 12.695.00
VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date: 06 Aug 2016

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 RANSOM_LOCKYENC.DLDVEQ. 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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