TSPY_FAREIT.SMBD2

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

Arrival Details

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

Installation

This Trojan Spy drops the following files:

• %Application Data%\sin\sin.exe
• %Application Data%\sin\sin.exe:ZoneIdentifier
• %Application Data%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Games\Sin™.lnk
• %User Startup%\sin.vbs

(Note: %Application Data% is the Application Data folder, where it usually is C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Application Data on Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP (32- and 64-bit); C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Roaming on Windows Vista (32- and 64-bit), Windows 7 (32- and 64-bit), Windows 8 (32- and 64-bit), Windows 8.1 (32- and 64-bit), Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2012.. %User Startup% is the current user's Startup folder, which is usually C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\Start Menu\Programs\Startup on Windows 2000 and XP, and C:\Documents and Settings\{User name}\Start Menu\Programs\Startup on Windows Vista, 7, and 8.)

It drops the following copies of itself into the affected system:

• %Application Data%\{random folder name}\{random filename}.exe

(Note: %Application Data% is the Application Data folder, where it usually is C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Application Data on Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP (32- and 64-bit); C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Roaming on Windows Vista (32- and 64-bit), Windows 7 (32- and 64-bit), Windows 8 (32- and 64-bit), Windows 8.1 (32- and 64-bit), Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2012.)

It creates the following folders:

• %Application Data%\sin
• %Application Data%\{random folder name}

(Note: %Application Data% is the Application Data folder, where it usually is C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Application Data on Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP (32- and 64-bit); C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Roaming on Windows Vista (32- and 64-bit), Windows 7 (32- and 64-bit), Windows 8 (32- and 64-bit), Windows 8.1 (32- and 64-bit), Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2012.)

Other System Modifications

This Trojan Spy adds the following registry keys:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
Windows\CurrentVersion\GameUX\
{random key}\{GUID}

It adds the following registry entries:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
Windows\CurrentVersion\GameUX\
{random key}\{GUID}
ConfigInstallType = 3

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
Windows\CurrentVersion\GameUX\
{random key}\{GUID}
ConfigApplicationPath = %Application Data%\sin

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
Windows\CurrentVersion\GameUX\
{random key}\{GUID}
ConfigGDFBinaryPath = %System%\GameUXLegacyGDFs.dll

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
Windows\CurrentVersion\GameUX\
{random key}\{GUID}
ApplicationId = {GUID 2}

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
Windows\CurrentVersion\GameUX\
{random key}\{GUID}
Description = Sin™

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
Windows\CurrentVersion\GameUX\
{random key}\{GUID}
AppExePath = %Application Data%\sin\sin.exe

Other Details

This Trojan Spy connects to the following possibly malicious URL:

• go.microsoft.com
• http://movie.metaservices.{BLOCKED}oft.com/locater/WMServiceLocater.asmx/GetServiceLocationsForClient?locale=en-US&clientType={BLOCKED}clientVersion=6.1.2
• http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.224.203/v1/fre.php