Analysis by: Carl Maverick Pascual
ALIASES:

Backdoor.Trojan (Norton)

 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 infección Downloaded from the Internet, Dropped by other malware, Bundled component of other malware/grayware

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 arrives as a component bundled with malware/grayware packages.

It is a component of other malware.

It is used to load and execute a file.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

Tamaño del archivo 10,240 bytes
Tipo de archivo DLL
Residente en memoria No
Fecha de recepción de las muestras iniciales 25 Jul 2018
Carga útil Executes files

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 arrives as a component bundled with malware/grayware packages.

Installation

This Trojan is a component of other malware.

Other Details

This Trojan is used to load and execute the following file:

  • {Malware directory}\QtCore4.dat -> Detected as BKDR_PLUGX.ZYFG-A

  SOLUTION

Motor de exploración mínimo 9.850
Primer archivo de patrones de VSAPI 14.414.07
Primera fecha de publicación de patrones de VSAPI 31 Jul 2018
Versión de patrones OPR de VSAPI 14.415.00
Fecha de publicación de patrones OPR de VSAPI 01 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

Remove the malware/grayware file dropped/downloaded by TROJ_PLUGX.ZYFG-A. (Note: Please skip this step if the threat(s) listed below have already been removed.)

     
    • BKDR_PLUGX.ZYFG-A

Step 3

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as TROJ_PLUGX.ZYFG-A. 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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