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Ransom.Win32.WCRY.DAM

August 08, 2023
 Analysis by: Carl Maverick Pascual
 ALIASES:

Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Wanna.zbu (Kaspersky); Ransom:Win32/WannaCrypt.G (Microsoft)

 PLATFORM:

Windows

 OVERALL RISK RATING:
 DAMAGE POTENTIAL:
 DISTRIBUTION POTENTIAL:
 REPORTED INFECTION:
 INFORMATION EXPOSURE:

  • Threat Type: Ransomware

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: No

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

Infection Channel:

Downloaded from the Internet, Dropped by other malware

This Ransomware arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

It does not have any propagation routine.

It does not have any backdoor routine.

It does not have any information-stealing capability.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

3,514,368 bytes

File Type:

EXE

Memory Resident:

No

Initial Samples Received Date:

09 Dec 2019

Arrival Details

This Ransomware arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

Propagation

This Ransomware does not have any propagation routine.

Backdoor Routine

This Ransomware does not have any backdoor routine.

Rootkit Capabilities

This Ransomware does not have rootkit capabilities.

Information Theft

This Ransomware does not have any information-stealing capability.

NOTES:

It does not exploit any vulnerability.

This is the Trend Micro detection for:

  • Damaged samples of RANSOM_WCRY variants.
  • Samples detected by this pattern contains code errors, thus they fail to exhibit their intended routines

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.850

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE:

15.898.06

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE:

29 May 2020

VSAPI OPR PATTERN File:

15.899.00

VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date:

30 May 2020

Step 1

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 2

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as Ransom.Win32.WCRY.DAM. 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 the following Trend Micro Support pages for more information:


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