TSPY_QAKBOT.SMDLL
Windows
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Threat Type: Trojan Spy
Destructiveness: No
Encrypted: Yes
In the wild: Yes
OVERVIEW
This Trojan Spy may arrive bundled with malware packages as a malware component. 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 exports functions used by other malware. It requires its main component to successfully perform its intended routine.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
Arrival Details
This Trojan Spy may arrive bundled with malware packages as a malware component.
It arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.
Other Details
This Trojan Spy exports functions used by other malware.
It requires its main component to successfully perform its intended routine.
It does the following:
- It has the following functions:
- CallNtPowerInformation
- CanUserWritePwrScheme
- DeletePwrScheme
- DevicePowerClose
- DevicePowerEnumDevices
- DevicePowerOpen
- DevicePowerSetDeviceState
- EnumPwrSchemes
- GUIDFormatToGlobalPowerPolicy
- GUIDFormatToPowerPolicy
- GetActivePwrScheme
- GetCurrentPowerPolicies
- GetPwrCapabilities
- GetPwrDiskSpindownRange
- IsAdminOverrideActive
- IsPwrHibernateAllowed
- IsPwrShutdownAllowed
- IsPwrSuspendAllowed
- LoadCurrentPwrScheme
- MergeLegacyPwrScheme
- PowerApplyPowerRequestOverride
- PowerCanRestoreIndividualDefaultPowerScheme
- PowerCreatePossibleSetting
- PowerCreateSetting
- PowerCustomizePlatformPowerSettings
- PowerDebugDifPowerPolicies
- PowerDebugDifSystemPowerPolicies
- PowerDebugDumpPowerPolicy
- PowerDebugDumpPowerScheme
- PowerDebugDumpSystemPowerCapabilities
- PowerDebugDumpSystemPowerPolicy
- PowerDeleteScheme
- PowerDeterminePlatformRole
- PowerDuplicateScheme
- PowerEnumerate
- PowerGetActiveScheme
- PowerImportPowerScheme
- PowerOpenSystemPowerKey
- PowerOpenUserPowerKey
- PowerPolicyToGUIDFormat
- PowerReadACDefaultIndex
- PowerReadACValue
- PowerReadACValueIndex
- PowerReadDCDefaultIndex
- PowerReadDCValue
- PowerReadDCValueIndex
- PowerReadDescription
- PowerReadFriendlyName
- PowerReadIconResourceSpecifier
- PowerReadPossibleDescription
- PowerReadPossibleFriendlyName
- PowerReadPossibleValue
- PowerReadSecurityDescriptor
- PowerReadSettingAttributes
- PowerReadValueIncrement
- PowerReadValueMax
- PowerReadValueMin
- PowerReadValueUnitsSpecifier
- PowerRemovePowerSetting
- PowerReplaceDefaultPowerSchemes
- PowerRestoreDefaultPowerSchemes
- PowerRestoreIndividualDefaultPowerScheme
- PowerSetActiveScheme
- PowerSetAlsBrightnessOffset
- PowerSettingAccessCheck
- PowerSettingRegisterNotification
- PowerSettingUnregisterNotification
- PowerWriteACDefaultIndex
- PowerWriteACValueIndex
- PowerWriteDCDefaultIndex
- PowerWriteDCValueIndex
- PowerWriteDescription
- PowerWriteFriendlyName
- PowerWriteIconResourceSpecifier
- PowerWritePossibleDescription
- PowerWritePossibleFriendlyName
- PowerWritePossibleValue
- PowerWriteSecurityDescriptor
- PowerWriteSettingAttributes
- PowerWriteValueIncrement
- PowerWriteValueMax
- PowerWriteValueMin
- PowerWriteValueUnitsSpecifier
- ReadGlobalPwrPolicy
- ReadProcessorPwrScheme
- ReadPwrScheme
- SetActivePwrScheme
- SetSuspendState
- ValidatePowerPolicies
- WriteGlobalPwrPolicy
- WriteProcessorPwrScheme
- WritePwrScheme
SOLUTION
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
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 3
Restart in Safe Mode
Step 4
Restart in normal mode and scan your computer with your Trend Micro product for files detected as TSPY_QAKBOT.SMDLL. 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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