PLATFORM:

Windows

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  • Threat Type: Trojan

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

This Trojan arrives as attachment to mass-mailed email messages.

It executes the downloaded files. As a result, malicious routines of the downloaded files are exhibited on the affected system.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size: 32,256 bytes
File Type: DOC
Initial Samples Received Date: 20 Nov 2014

Arrival Details

This Trojan arrives as attachment to mass-mailed email messages.

Download Routine

This Trojan saves the files it downloads using the following names:

  • %Temp%\444.exe

(Note: %Temp% is the Windows temporary folder, where it usually is C:\Windows\Temp on all Windows operating system versions.)

It then executes the downloaded files. As a result, malicious routines of the downloaded files are exhibited on the affected system.

Other Details

This Trojan connects to the following possibly malicious URL:

  • http://{BLOCKED}s.{BLOCKED}ice-hosts.org/updates.exe