TrojanSpy.Win32.DANABOT.MV
Windows
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Threat Type: Trojan Spy
Destructiveness: No
Encrypted: Yes
In the wild: Yes
OVERVIEW
This Trojan Spy 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
Arrival Details
This Trojan Spy 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 Spy adds the following folders:
- %AppDataLocal%\Yandex
- %AppDataLocal%\Yandex\YaAddon
(Note: %AppDataLocal% is the Local Application Data folder, which is usually C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Local Settings\Application Data on Windows 2000(32-bit), XP, and Server 2003(32-bit), or C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Local on Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 2008(64-bit), 2012(64-bit) and 10(64-bit).)
Information Theft
Upon execution of the affected application, it gathers the following information:
- IP address
- MAC address
- Username
- Computer name
- Country name
- Windows key
- Browsers
- Running processes
- Default browser
- OS information (version, name, architecture)
- Storage information (size, drives)
- System manufacturer
- System model
- System name
- Processor name
- Timezone
- Language
- Saved Windows credentials
- Browser cookies/credentials
- Wallet data for the following cryptocurrency wallets:
- Armory
- Atomic
- Binance
- Coinomi
- Electrum
- Ethereum
- Exodus
- Guarda
- Monero
- Anti virus products
- Anti spyware products
- Firewall products
NOTES:
This Trojan Spy does the following:
- It sends the stolen information to the following URL:
- {BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.48.58:38989
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Belarus
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Moldova
- Taijikistan
- Uzbekistan
- Ukraine
- Russia
SOLUTION
Step 1
Trend Micro Predictive Machine Learning detects and blocks malware at the first sign of its existence, before it executes on your system. When enabled, your Trend Micro product detects this malware under the following machine learning name:
- TROJ.Win32.TRX.XXPE50FFF055
Step 2
Before doing any scans, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10 users must disable System Restore to allow full scanning of their computers.
Step 3
Note that not all files, folders, and registry keys and entries are installed on your computer during this malware's/spyware's/grayware's execution. This may be due to incomplete installation or other operating system conditions. If you do not find the same files/folders/registry information, please proceed to the next step.
Step 4
Restart in Safe Mode
Step 5
Search and delete this folder
- %AppDataLocal%\Yandex
- %AppDataLocal%\Yandex\YaAddon
Step 6
Restart in normal mode and scan your computer with your Trend Micro product for files detected as TrojanSpy.Win32.DANABOT.MV. 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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