Analysis by: Joshua Paul Ignacio
ALIASES:

W32/TrickBot.CM!tr (FORTINET)

 PLATFORM:

Windows

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

  • Threat Type: Trojan Spy

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: No

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

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

It does not have any propagation routine.

It does not have any backdoor routine.

It does not have any information-stealing capability.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size: 83,352 bytes
File Type: EXE
Memory Resident: No
Initial Samples Received Date: 07 Feb 2020

Arrival Details

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

Propagation

This Trojan Spy does not have any propagation routine.

Backdoor Routine

This Trojan Spy does not have any backdoor routine.

Rootkit Capabilities

This Trojan Spy does not have rootkit capabilities.

Information Theft

This Trojan Spy does not have any information-stealing capability.

Other Details

This Trojan Spy does the following:

  • This is the Trend Micro detection for:
    • Damaged samples of TrojanSpy.Win32.EMOTET variants.
    • Samples detected by this pattern contains code errors, thus they fail to exhibit their intended routines.

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine: 9.850
FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE: 15.824.03
FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE: 23 Apr 2020
VSAPI OPR PATTERN File: 15.825.00
VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date: 24 Apr 2020

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 TrojanSpy.Win32.EMOTET.DAM. 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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