Analysis by: Roland Marco Dela Paz
ALIASES:

Trojan:Win32/EyeStye.plugin (Microsoft)

 PLATFORM:

Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003

 OVERALL RISK RATING:
 REPORTED INFECTION:
 SYSTEM IMPACT RATING:
 INFORMATION EXPOSURE:

  • Threat Type: Spyware

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: No

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

This is the Trend Micro detection for certain SpyEye Toolkit plugins.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size: Varies
File Type: DLL
Memory Resident: No
Initial Samples Received Date: 11 Aug 2011

NOTES:

This is the Trend Micro detection for the following SpyEye Toolkit plugins:

  • customconnector - tells the bot which command and control (C&C) server to communicate with
  • ccgrabber - Collects credit card information from the bots
  • ffcertgrabber - Collects certificate information from the bots
  • SOCKS5 backdoor - Allows reverse connections through a proxy server.
  • FTP backdoor - Allows reverse File Transfer Protocol (FTP) connections to the bot
  • RDP backdoor - Allows remote desktop connection

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine: 8.900
FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE: 8.348.16
FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE: 11 Aug 2011

Step 1

For Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 users, before doing any scans, please make sure you disable System Restore to allow full scanning of your computer.

Step 2

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as TSPY_SPYEYE.DLL. 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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