Ransom.Win32.KUPIDON.A.note

 Analysis by: Mohammed Malubay

 ALIASES:

Win32/Filecoder.MegaLocker trojan(NOD320;

 PLATFORM:

Windows

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

  • Threat Type: Ransomware

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: No

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW


This Ransomware may be dropped by other malware.

This is the Trend Micro detection for files that exhibit certain behaviors.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

608 bytes

File Type:

TXT

Memory Resident:

Yes

Initial Samples Received Date:

03 Jul 2020

Arrival Details

This Ransomware may be dropped by the following malware:

  • Ransom.Win32.KUPIDON

Other Details

This is the Trend Micro detection for:

  • Ransom notes dropped by Ransom.Win32.KUPIDON malware family

It does the following:

  • It displays the following text:

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.850

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE:

15.976.03

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE:

07 Jul 2020

VSAPI OPR PATTERN File:

15.977.00

VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date:

08 Jul 2020

Step 1

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 2

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as Ransom.Win32.KUPIDON.A.note. 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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