Trojan.W97M.POWLOAD.TIOIBEHB

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.

However, as of this writing, the said sites are inaccessible.

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.

Download Routine

This Trojan connects to the following website(s) to download and execute a malicious file:

• https://{BLOCKED}chbd-info.com/wp-includes/r70e/
• https://blogadmin.{BLOCKED}as.com/wp-content/out-of-the-box-cache/yD1HEI/
• http://new.{BLOCKED}eticsliteracyproject.org/wp-includes/g9CeZ/
• http://montessori.{BLOCKED}skb.org/l/gc7/
• https://test.{BLOCKED}sunlight.com/wp-admin/avy/

It saves the files it downloads using the following names:

• %User Profile%\255.exe

(Note: %User Profile% is the current user's profile folder, which is usually C:\Documents and Settings\{user name} on Windows 2000(32-bit), XP, and Server 2003(32-bit), or C:\Users\{user name} on Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 2008(64-bit), 2012(64-bit) and 10(64-bit).)

Other Details

This Trojan does the following:

• The document contains the following message details luring users to enable macro content:
  

However, as of this writing, the said sites are inaccessible.