HackTool.Win32.PingSweep.B
Windows

Threat Type: Hacking Tool
Destructiveness: No
Encrypted: No
In the wild: Yes
OVERVIEW
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
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.
Installation
This Hacking Tool drops the following files:
- {malware path}\o.txt
Other Details
This Hacking Tool requires the following additional components to properly run:
- {malware path}\ip.txt
- should contain domain name inputs used by application
It does the following:
- it resolves domain names into their corresponding IP addresses by doing the following:
- reads ip.txt for the following inputs:
- {domain}
- note: if multiple domains as input, each should be separated with a new line
- checks if domain is alive (through ICMP echo requests). If so, it retrieves its IP address and displays the following in the console:
- ok: {resolved IP address} {domain}
- records the resolution into o.txt as
- {domain} {resolved IP address} 0
- if domain is not alive, it displays the following in the console:
- no: {domain}
- reads ip.txt for the following inputs:
- part of the console output are:
- timeout=[{time (ms) to wait for replies}]
- thread=[10]
- no significant impact in application
- time= {time (ms) elapsed since start of domain to ip resolution}
SOLUTION
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
Search and delete this file
- {malware path}\ip.txt
- {malware path}\o.txt
Step 4
Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as HackTool.Win32.PingSweep.B. 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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