Analysis by: Roland Marco Dela Paz
ALIASES:

Win32/Votwup.W (NOD32)

 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 may be dropped by other malware.

It connects to certain websites to send and receive information.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size: 189,440 bytes
File Type: EXE
Initial Samples Received Date: 28 Feb 2012

Arrival Details

This Trojan may be dropped by the following malware:

  • TROJ_DROPR.AE

Autostart Technique

This Trojan adds the following registry entries to enable its automatic execution at every system startup:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\
Explorer\Run
DarkPlus = "{malware path and file name}"

Other System Modifications

This Trojan adds the following registry keys:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Drk

Dropping Routine

This Trojan drops the following files:

  • %Current%\result

Other Details

This Trojan connects to the following website to send and receive information:

  • {BLOCKED}75151.ru

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine: 9.200
FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE: 8.806.08
FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE: 28 Feb 2012

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