Modified by: Jimelle Monteser
ALIASES:

TrojanDownloader:Win32/Upatre.A (Microsoft); PWSZbot-FIT!F84D8EEFCAF5 (McAfee); Trojan.Zbot (Symantec); Trojan.Win32.Bublik.bjre (Kaspersky); Trojan.Win32.Generic!SB.0 (Sunbelt); Trojan horse Zbot.DFB (AVG)

 PLATFORM:

Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP (32-bit, 64-bit), Windows Vista (32-bit, 64-bit), Windows 7 (32-bit, 64-bit)

 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 as an attachment to email messages spammed by other malware/grayware or malicious users. It arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

It deletes itself after execution.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size: 25,600 bytes
File Type: EXE
Memory Resident: No
Initial Samples Received Date: 06 Nov 2013

Arrival Details

This Trojan arrives as an attachment to email messages spammed by other malware/grayware or malicious users.

It arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

Installation

This Trojan drops the following copies of itself into the affected system:

  • %User Temp%\hromi.exe

(Note: %User Temp% is the current user's Temp folder, which is usually C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Local Settings\Temp on Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003, or C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Local\Temp on Windows Vista and 7.)

Other Details

This Trojan connects to the following possibly malicious URL:

  • https://{BLOCKED}kers.com/images/s_icon/twitter_hover.exe
  • http://{BLOCKED}taverification.com/PublicSectorJobs.info_files/body_top.exe

It deletes itself after execution.

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine: 9.300
FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE: 10.394.05
FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE: 07 Nov 2013
VSAPI OPR PATTERN File: 10.395.00
VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date: 07 Nov 2013

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

Search and delete this file

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  • %User Temp%\hromi.exe

Step 3

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