Analysis by: Jay Garcia
ALIASES:

PWS:Win32/Fareit!MTB (MICROSOFT); Trojan.Wacatac (VBA32)

 PLATFORM:

Windows

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

  • Threat Type: Trojan Spy

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes


  TECHNICAL DETAILS

Tamaño del archivo 73,728 bytes
Tipo de archivo EXE
Residente en memoria Yes
Fecha de recepción de las muestras iniciales 24 Mar 2020

Installation

This Trojan Spy adds the following processes:

  • %Windows%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\RegAsm.exe

(Note: %Windows% is the Windows folder, where it usually is C:\Windows on all Windows operating system versions.)

Other Details

This Trojan Spy connects to the following possibly malicious URL:

  • https://drive.{BLOCKED}e.com/uc?export=download&id=1sUMNfzHGACVpBFZLJH84PH3L2fo6w_an

  SOLUTION

Motor de exploración mínimo 9.850
Primer archivo de patrones de VSAPI 15.766.03
Primera fecha de publicación de patrones de VSAPI 26 Mar 2020
Versión de patrones OPR de VSAPI 15.767.00
Fecha de publicación de patrones OPR de VSAPI 27 Mar 2020

Step 1

Trend Micro Predictive Machine Learning detects and blocks malware at the first sign of its existence, before it executes on your system. When enabled, your Trend Micro product detects this malware under the following machine learning name:

     
    • Troj.Win32.TRX.XXPE50FFF034

Step 2

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 3

Identify and terminate files detected as TrojanSpy.Win32.FAREIT.UHBAZCLKC

[ Learn More ]
  1. Windows Task Manager may not display all running processes. In this case, please use a third-party process viewer, preferably Process Explorer, to terminate the malware/grayware/spyware file. You may download the said tool here.
  2. If the detected file is displayed in either Windows Task Manager or Process Explorer but you cannot delete it, restart your computer in safe mode. To do this, refer to this link for the complete steps.
  3. If the detected file is not displayed in either Windows Task Manager or Process Explorer, continue doing the next steps.

Step 4

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as TrojanSpy.Win32.FAREIT.UHBAZCLKC. 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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