LNK_PHORPIEX.YPA

August 10, 2018
 Analysis by: Carl Maverick Pascual
 ALIASES:

Trojan.WinLNK.Starter.al (Kaspersky) ; Trojan.LNK.Agent.IP (BitDefender)

 PLATFORM:

Windows

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

  • Threat Type: Trojan

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

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

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

383 bytes

File Type:

LNK

Memory Resident:

No

Initial Samples Received Date:

10 Aug 2018

Arrival Details

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

It may be dropped by other malware.

Other Details

This Trojan does the following:

  • It executes {Drive Letter}:\DeviceConfigManager.vbs.
  • This is the Trend Micro detection for shortcut (.LNK) files created by WORM_PHORPIEX to execute copies of itself on the affected system.

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.850

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE:

14.434.02

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE:

10 Aug 2018

VSAPI OPR PATTERN File:

14.435.00

VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date:

11 Aug 2018

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

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as LNK_PHORPIEX.YPA. 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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