TROJANSPY.WIN32.GOLROTED.THAOOEAH

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

This Trojan Spy arrives as an attachment to email messages spammed by other malware/grayware or malicious users. It arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

File Size: 959,488 bytes

File Type: EXE

Memory Resident: Yes

Initial Samples Received Date: 04 Oct 2018

Payload: Connects to URLs/IPs, Steals information, Logs keystrokes, Downloads files

Arrival Details

This Trojan Spy arrives as an attachment to email messages spammed by other malware/grayware or malicious users.

It 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 Spy drops the following copies of itself into the affected system and executes them:

%User Temp%\tmp{Random Filename}.tmp

(Note: %User Temp% is the current user's Temp folder, which is usually C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Local Settings\Temp on Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003, or C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Local\Temp on Windows Vista, 7, and 8.)

It adds the following processes:

"%Windows%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe" /stext "%User Temp%\tmp{Random Filename}.tmp"

(Note: %User Temp% is the current user's Temp folder, which is usually C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Local Settings\Temp on Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003, or C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Local\Temp on Windows Vista, 7, and 8.)

Information Theft

This Trojan Spy gathers the following data:

Computer name
Local Date and Time
Installed Language
Operating System Platform
Operating System Version
Key logs
Clipboard logs
- Stealing account information from the following applications:
- Minecraft
- FileZilla

It attempts to steal stored email credentials from the following:

Thunderbird
Eudora
Internet Account Manager
MS Outlook
Outlook Express
Group Mail Free
IncrediMail
Windows Mail
Windows Live Mail
Yahoo! Mail
Gmail
Facebook

It attempts to get stored information such as user names, passwords, and hostnames from the following browsers:

Firefox
SeaMonkey
YandexBrowser
Vivaldi
Chrome
Chromium
Opera
Internet Explorer

Stolen Information

This Trojan Spy sends the data it gathers to the following email addresses via SMTP:

{BLOCKED}ns@{BLOCKED}oup.space

Other Details

This Trojan Spy does the following:

- Virtual Machine:
  - VMwareVMware
  - XenVMMXenVMM
  - prl hyperv
  - Microsoft Hv
  - KVMKVMKVM
- Monitoring Tools:
  - procexp64.exe
  - procmon64.exe
  - procmon.exe
  - ollydbg.exe
  - procexp.exe
  - Windbg.exe
- Sandbox:
  - SbieDll.dll
- Malware Filename Path:
  - sandbox
  - malware
  - sample
  - virus
  - self
- Email: {BLOCKED}ns@{BLOCKED}oup.space
- Password: windows9

Minimum Scan Engine: 9.850

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE: 14.574.05

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE: 19 Oct 2018

VSAPI OPR PATTERN File: 14.575.00

VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date: 20 Oct 2018

Step 1

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 2

Before doing any scans, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 users must disable System Restore to allow full scanning of their computers.

Step 3

Restart in Safe Mode

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Step 4

Search and delete this file

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There may be some files that are hidden. Please make sure you check the Search Hidden Files and Folders checkbox in the "More advanced options" option to include all hidden files and folders in the search result.

%User Temp%\tmp{Random Filename}.tmp

Step 5

Restart in normal mode and scan your computer with your Trend Micro product for files detected as TROJANSPY.WIN32.GOLROTED.THAOOEAH. 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 this Knowledge Base page for more information.

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