- Threat Encyclopedia
- Malware
- Ransom.Win32.BABUK.YEBA-THAAEBA
Ransom:Win32/BabukLocker.MK!MTB (MICROSOFT); Trojan-Ransom.FileCrypter (IKARUS)
Windows
Downloaded from the Internet
This Ransomware arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.
39,424 bytes
EXE
No
15 Jan 2021
Displays message/message boxes, Encrypts files, Terminates processes
Arrival Details
This Ransomware 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 Ransomware adds the following processes:
It adds the following mutexes to ensure that only one of its copies runs at any one time:
Process Termination
This Ransomware terminates the following services if found on the affected system:
It terminates the following processes if found running in the affected system's memory:
Other Details
This Ransomware does the following:
It accepts the following parameters:
Ransomware Routine
This Ransomware avoids encrypting files with the following strings in their file path:
It appends the following extension to the file name of the encrypted files:
It leaves text files that serve as ransom notes containing the following text:
9.800
16.502.04
27 Jan 2021
16.503.00
28 Jan 2021
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:
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
Note that not all files, folders, and registry keys and entries are installed on your computer during this malware's/spyware's/grayware's execution. This may be due to incomplete installation or other operating system conditions. If you do not find the same files/folders/registry information, please proceed to the next step.
Step 4
Search and delete these files
Step 5
Restore encrypted files from backup.