Analysis by: Jaime Benigno Reyes
ALIASES:

Virus.Win32.MewsSpy (Ikarus); W32/MewsSpy.Q!tr (Fortinet)

 PLATFORM:

Windows

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

  • Threat Type: File infector

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

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

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

Tamaño del archivo 79,872 bytes
Tipo de archivo EXE
Residente en memoria No
Fecha de recepción de las muestras iniciales 26 Feb 2015

Arrival Details

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

NOTES:
It has coding errors that prevent it from properly executing its main routine.

  SOLUTION

Motor de exploración mínimo 9.750
Primer archivo de patrones de VSAPI 11.502.04
Primera fecha de publicación de patrones de VSAPI 26 Feb 2015
Versión de patrones OPR de VSAPI 11.503.00
Fecha de publicación de patrones OPR de VSAPI 27 Feb 2015

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 PE_MEWSSPY.A-O. 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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