Analysis by: Rhena Inocencio
ALIASES:

Ransom:Win32/Locky.A (Microsoft),

 PLATFORM:

Windows

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

  • Threat Type: Others

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: No

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

This malware may be manually installed by a user.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

Tamaño del archivo 109,056 bytes
Tipo de archivo EXE
Residente en memoria No
Fecha de recepción de las muestras iniciales 10 Mar 2016

Arrival Details

This malware may be manually installed by a user.

Other Details

This malware does the following:

  • This tool is used to decrypt the files encrypted by Locky Ransomware. However, this tool will only work for the system with a specific machine ID
  • It searches for files with .locky extension and attempts to decrypt them.

  SOLUTION

Motor de exploración mínimo 9.800
Archivo de patrones de SSAPI: 1.717.00
Fecha de publicación del patrón SSAPI 24 Mar 2016

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 HKTL_LOCKY.AA. 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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