Analysis by: Paul Steven Nadera
ALIASES:

Win64/HackTool.Inject.C trojan (NOD32)

 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: Downloaded from the Internet

This Trojan may arrive bundled with malware packages as a malware component.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size: 288,256 bytes
File Type: EXE
Memory Resident: Yes
Initial Samples Received Date: 07 May 2021
Payload: Collects system information

Arrival Details

This Trojan may arrive bundled with malware packages as a malware component.

Installation

This Trojan adds the following mutexes to ensure that only one of its copies runs at any one time:

  • Global\qtxp9g8w

It injects codes into the following process(es):

  • {process name} specified in the parameter

Information Theft

This Trojan gathers the following data:

  • Running process names
  • process ID of the injected process

Other Details

This Trojan accepts the following parameters:

  • Process Name
  • DLL Filename
  • in the format {malware name}.exe {process name} {path to the DLL}

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine: 9.800
FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE: 16.738.03
FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE: 24 May 2021
VSAPI OPR PATTERN File: 16.739.00
VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date: 25 May 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:

     
    • Troj.Win32.TRX.XXPE50FFF044

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

Identify and terminate files detected as Trojan.Win64.GLUPJECT.A

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  1. Windows Task Manager may not display all running processes. In this case, please use a third-party process viewer, preferably Process Explorer, to terminate the malware/grayware/spyware file. You may download the said tool here.
  2. If the detected file is displayed in either Windows Task Manager or Process Explorer but you cannot delete it, restart your computer in safe mode. To do this, refer to this link for the complete steps.
  3. If the detected file is not displayed in either Windows Task Manager or Process Explorer, continue doing the next steps.

Step 5

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as Trojan.Win64.GLUPJECT.A. 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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