BKDR_AGENT.ACRP


 ALIASES:

Backdoor:Win32/Hupigon (Microsoft); BackDoor-AWQ (McAfee); Suspicious.Graybird.1 (Symantec); Backdoor.Win32.Hupigon.dgls (Kaspersky); Backdoor.Win32.Hupigon (v) (Sunbelt); Win32/PEPatch (AVG)

 PLATFORM:

Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003

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

  • Threat Type: Backdoor

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

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

It deletes itself after execution.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

505,856 bytes

File Type:

EXE

Memory Resident:

No

Initial Samples Received Date:

10 May 2013

Arrival Details

This backdoor 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 backdoor drops the following copies of itself into the affected system:

  • %Windows%\EntSver.exe

(Note: %Windows% is the Windows folder, which is usually C:\Windows.)

Dropping Routine

This backdoor drops the following files:

  • %Windows%\GUOCYOKl.BAT

(Note: %Windows% is the Windows folder, which is usually C:\Windows.)

Other Details

This backdoor deletes itself after execution.

This report is generated via an automated analysis system.

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.300

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

Search and delete this file

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  • %Windows%\GUOCYOKl.BAT

Step 3

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as BKDR_AGENT.ACRP. 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.


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