Analysis by: John Rainier Navato

 ALIASES:

Trojan:HTML/Redirector.VTM!MTB (MICROSOFT)

 PLATFORM:

Windows

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

  • Threat Type: Trojan

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: No

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

Canal de infecção: Downloaded from the Internet, Dropped by other malware

This Trojan does not have any propagation routine.

It does not have any backdoor routine.

It does not have any information-stealing capability.

It redirects browsers to certain sites. However, as of this writing, the said sites are inaccessible.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

Tipo de compactação: 5,266 bytes
Tipo de arquivo: HTML, HTM
Residente na memória: No
Data de recebimento das amostras iniciais: 20 Jan 2025
Carga útil: Connects to URLs/IPs

Propagation

This Trojan does not have any propagation routine.

Backdoor Routine

This Trojan does not have any backdoor routine.

Rootkit Capabilities

This Trojan does not have rootkit capabilities.

Information Theft

This Trojan does not have any information-stealing capability.

Other Details

This Trojan redirects browsers to the following sites:

  • https://{10 Random Characters}.{BLOCKED}master.shop:8443/impact?XxX{16 Random Characters}=mco{BLOCKED}books.com

It does the following:

  • The malware will proceed with the redirection, every time it is used/loaded by a webpage visited by the user.

However, as of this writing, the said sites are inaccessible.

It does not exploit any vulnerability.

  SOLUTION

Mecanismo de varredura mínima: 9.800
Primeiro arquivo padrão VSAPI: 19.878.03
Data do lançamento do primeiro padrão VSAPI: 03 Feb 2025
VSAPI OPR Pattern Version: 19.879.00
VSAPI OPR Pattern veröffentlicht am: 04 Feb 2025

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 Trojan.HTML.REDIR.BP. 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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