Analysis by: Ricardo III Valdez
 PLATFORM:

Windows

 OVERALL RISK RATING:
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 INFORMATION EXPOSURE:

  • Threat Type: Hacking Tool

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

Infection Channel: Downloaded from the Internet, Dropped by other malware

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

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size: 19,046,966 bytes
File Type: EXE
Memory Resident: No
Initial Samples Received Date: 03 Apr 2023
Payload: Encrypts files, Drops files

Arrival Details

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

Other Details

This Hacking Tool does the following:

  • It requires user inputs for its proper functioning.
  • It is used for encrypting specified file extensions and for dropping notes in the same directory as the file.

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine: 9.800
SSAPI PATTERN File: 2.611.00
SSAPI PATTERN Date: 06 Apr 2023

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

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 3

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as HackTool.Win32.DELF.AB. 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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