TSPY_ZBOT.EJSM
PWS:Win32/Zbot (Microsoft); RDN/Generic.dx!d2d (McAfee); Trojan.Zbot (Symantec); Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Autoit.bqu (Kaspersky); Mal/Autoit-C, Mal/MalitRar-E (Sophos); Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT (Sunbelt); Trojan horse Autoit_c.BNHB (AVG)
Windows
Threat Type: Spyware
Destructiveness: No
Encrypted:
In the wild: Yes
OVERVIEW
This spyware 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 spyware 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 spyware creates the following folders:
- %System Root%\Documents and Settings\Wilbert
- %User Profile%\Application Data\IGJ
- %User Profile%\Application Data\Emoca
- %User Profile%\Application Data\Xumas
(Note: %System Root% is the Windows root folder, where it usually is C:\ on all Windows operating system versions.. %User Profile% is the current user's profile folder, which is usually C:\Documents and Settings\{user name} on Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003, or C:\Users\{user name} on Windows Vista and 7.)
Other System Modifications
This spyware deletes the following files:
- %User Profile%\IGJ\64954wV4KpvsCl59Zjv20p344n77.59rX
- %User Profile%\IGJ\452wshUhL91ZYI8F92Q1996g11058vo0BV14.f197
(Note: %User Profile% is the current user's profile folder, which is usually C:\Documents and Settings\{user name} on Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003, or C:\Users\{user name} on Windows Vista and 7.)
It adds the following registry keys:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR SFX
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\
Acud
It adds the following registry entries:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR SFX
C%%Documents and Settings%Wilbert%Application Data%IGJ = "%User Profile%\Application Data\IGJ"
Dropping Routine
This spyware drops the following files:
- __tmp_rar_sfx_access_check_122843
- IGJ.exe
- gsssp.fbw
- nwcxl.vxg
- dsdvn.tvj
- jriqs.gwa
- eojml.sif
- wqmwg.saj
- eudum.xfw
- jtcce.ggx
- detfd.xul
- lrhwj.wjh
- cfrqq.tfr
- svgkn.ima
- jpcnk.dex
- cwdmq.shr
- qtkan.iha
- wxgdo.gjc
- frptm.qqb
- cqjev.nma
- sgjgk.jgx
- hbeed.gqg
- idbjk.gsk
- onagl.cvq
- qlopw.guo
- IGJ
- CLSP
- %User Temp%\aut1D.tmp
- 64954wV4KpvsCl59Zjv20p344n77.59rX
- %User Temp%\aut21.tmp
- 452wshUhL91ZYI8F92Q1996g11058vo0BV14.f197
- %User Profile%\Emoca\cuof.exe
- %User Profile%\Xumas\itux.ynu
(Note: %User Temp% is the user's temporary folder, where it usually is C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Local Settings\Temp on Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP (32- and 64-bit); C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Local\Temp on Windows Vista (32- and 64-bit), Windows 7 (32- and 64-bit), Windows 8 (32- and 64-bit), Windows 8.1 (32- and 64-bit), Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2012.. %User Profile% is the current user's profile folder, which is usually C:\Documents and Settings\{user name} on Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003, or C:\Users\{user name} on Windows Vista and 7.)
This report is generated via an automated analysis system.
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
Delete this registry key
Important: Editing the Windows Registry incorrectly can lead to irreversible system malfunction. Please do this step only if you know how or you can ask assistance from your system administrator. Else, check this Microsoft article first before modifying your computer's registry.
- In HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software
- WinRAR SFX
- In HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft
- Acud
Step 3
Delete this registry value
Important: Editing the Windows Registry incorrectly can lead to irreversible system malfunction. Please do this step only if you know how or you can ask assistance from your system administrator. Else, check this Microsoft article first before modifying your computer's registry.
- In HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR SFX
- C%%Documents and Settings%Wilbert%Application Data%IGJ = "%User Profile%\Application Data\IGJ"
Step 4
Search and delete these components
- __tmp_rar_sfx_access_check_122843
- IGJ.exe
- gsssp.fbw
- nwcxl.vxg
- dsdvn.tvj
- jriqs.gwa
- eojml.sif
- wqmwg.saj
- eudum.xfw
- jtcce.ggx
- detfd.xul
- lrhwj.wjh
- cfrqq.tfr
- svgkn.ima
- jpcnk.dex
- cwdmq.shr
- qtkan.iha
- wxgdo.gjc
- frptm.qqb
- cqjev.nma
- sgjgk.jgx
- hbeed.gqg
- idbjk.gsk
- onagl.cvq
- qlopw.guo
- IGJ
- CLSP
- %User Temp%\aut1D.tmp
- 64954wV4KpvsCl59Zjv20p344n77.59rX
- %User Temp%\aut21.tmp
- 452wshUhL91ZYI8F92Q1996g11058vo0BV14.f197
- %User Profile%\Emoca\cuof.exe
- %User Profile%\Xumas\itux.ynu
Step 5
Search and delete these folders
- %System Root%\Documents and Settings\Wilbert
- %User Profile%\Application Data\IGJ
- %User Profile%\Application Data\Emoca
- %User Profile%\Application Data\Xumas
Step 6
Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as TSPY_ZBOT.EJSM. 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.
Step 7
Restore this file from backup only Microsoft-related files will be restored. If this malware/grayware also deleted files related to programs that are not from Microsoft, please reinstall those programs on you computer again.
- %User Profile%\IGJ\64954wV4KpvsCl59Zjv20p344n77.59rX
- %User Profile%\IGJ\452wshUhL91ZYI8F92Q1996g11058vo0BV14.f197
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