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Trojan.INF.DOWNAD.MJV

March 02, 2020
 Analysis by: Kiyoshi Obuchi
 ALIASES:

W32.Downadup!autorun (Symantec); Win32.Worm.DownadupINF.Gen (BitDefender); Worm.Win32.AutoRun.gxk (Kaspersky)

 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

Infection Channel:

Dropped by other malware

This Trojan may be dropped by other malware.

It automatically executes files when a user opens a drive. This is the Trend Micro detection for files that exhibit certain behaviors.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

56,572 bytes

File Type:

INF

Memory Resident:

No

Initial Samples Received Date:

02 Jan 2009

Arrival Details

This Trojan may be dropped by the following malware:

Propagation

The said .INF file contains the following strings:

{Multiple lines of garbage}
[AUTorUN]
AcTION =フォルダを開いてファイルを表示する
icon =%syStEmrOot%\sySTEM32\sHELL32.Dll,4
shelLExECUte=RuNdLl32.EXE .\RECYCLER\S-5-3-42-2819952290-8240758988-879315005-3665\jwgkvsq.vmx,ahaezedrn
useAuTopLAY= 1
{Multiple lines of garbage}

Other Details

This Trojan automatically executes the following files when a user opens a drive:

  • .\RECYCLER\S-5-3-42-2819952290-8240758988-879315005-3665\jwgkvsq.vmx

This is the Trend Micro detection for:

  • AUTORUN.INF files that are dropped by WORM_DOWNAD variants

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.850

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE:

14.874.02

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE:

16 Mar 2019

VSAPI OPR PATTERN File:

14.875.00

VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date:

17 Mar 2019

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

Remove the malware/grayware file that dropped/downloaded Trojan.INF.DOWNAD.MJV. (Note: Please skip this step if the threat(s) listed below have already been removed.)

    • WORM_DOWNAD.MJV

Step 3

Search and delete AUTORUN.INF files created by Trojan.INF.DOWNAD.MJV that contain these strings

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  • {Multiple lines of garbage}
  • [AUTorUN]
  • AcTION =フォルダを開いてファイルを表示する
  • icon =%syStEmrOot%\sySTEM32\sHELL32.Dll,4
  • shelLExECUte=RuNdLl32.EXE .\RECYCLER\S-5-3-42-2819952290-8240758988-879315005-3665\jwgkvsq.vmx,ahaezedrn
  • useAuTopLAY= 1
  • {Multiple lines of garbage}

Step 4

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as Trojan.INF.DOWNAD.MJV. 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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