Analysis by: Rika Joi Gregorio

ALIASES:

TrojanDownloader:Win32/Hoptto.A (Microsoft), Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Andromeda (Ikarus), a variant of Win32/Injector.ZIW trojan (Eset)

 PLATFORM:

Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003

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

  • Threat Type: Trojan

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

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

It creates folders where it drops its files.

It attempts to access certain websites. However, the websites are inaccessible as of this writing. It deletes itself after execution.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size: 52,736 bytes
File Type: EXE
Initial Samples Received Date: 23 Nov 2012

Arrival Details

This Trojan 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 drops the following copies of itself into the affected system:

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

(Note: %Application Data% is the current user's Application Data folder, which is usually C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Application Data on Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003, or C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Roaming on Windows Vista and 7.)

It creates the following folders:

  • %Application Data%\{random folder name}

(Note: %Application Data% is the current user's Application Data folder, which is usually C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Application Data on Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003, or C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Roaming on Windows Vista and 7.)

Autostart Technique

This Trojan adds the following registry entries to enable its automatic execution at every system startup:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\
Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
Explorer\Run
iMesh = "%Application Data%\{random folder name}\{random folder name}.exe"

Other Details

This Trojan attempts to access certain websites. However, the websites are inaccessible as of this writing.

It connects to the following possibly malicious URL:

  • {BLOCKED}baair.ru/rain/index.php
  • {BLOCKED}pcrazy.ru

It deletes itself after execution.