TSPY_DELF.XXEF
Windows

Threat Type: Spyware
Destructiveness: No
Encrypted:
In the wild: Yes
OVERVIEW
This Spyware 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
10,330,112 bytes
EXE
No
12 Oct 2017
Arrival Details
This Spyware 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 Spyware creates the following folders:
- %System Root%\temp
(Note: %System Root% is the Windows root folder, where it usually is C:\ on all Windows operating system versions.)
Other System Modifications
This Spyware deletes the following files:
- %System Root%\temp\install_netscreen.exe
(Note: %System Root% is the Windows root folder, where it usually is C:\ on all Windows operating system versions.)
It adds the following registry keys:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{6B7E1EEC-E727-4F70-B833-5E1C13D8AD52}\
ChannelMasks
It adds the following registry entries:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\
Services\trfdtkrnovw
Description = "Provides support overview to transfer data in kernel mode"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\
Services\trfdtkrnovw
FailureActions = "{random values}"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\
Services\ramprostmod
Description = "Provides protected storage for kernel mode drivers."
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\
Services\ramprostmod
FailureActions = "{random values}"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\
CLSID\{6B7E1EEC-E727-4F70-B833-5E1C13D8AD52}\ChannelMasks
0 = "0"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\
CLSID\{6B7E1EEC-E727-4F70-B833-5E1C13D8AD52}\ChannelMasks
0 = "753"
It modifies the following registry entries:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\
Services\winmgmt
Start = "2"
(Note: The default value data of the said registry entry is 2.)
Dropping Routine
This Spyware drops the following files:
- %System Root%\temp\sc_install.exe
- %System Root%\temp\Install_netscreen.exe
- %System%\msahubop.dll
- %System%\mshesuwo.dll
- %System%\msmiru.dll
- %System%\msvamak.exe
- %System%\msuvolo.exe
- %System%\mskodt.exe
- %System%\msvizibo.dll
- %System%\mswadesu.dll
- %System%\msqahewi.exe
- %System%\msfafaji.exe
- %Windows%\Fonts\mskes.ttf
- %System%\msrpsm.exe
(Note: %System Root% is the Windows root folder, where it usually is C:\ on all Windows operating system versions.. %System% is the Windows system folder, where it usually is C:\Windows\System32 on all Windows operating system versions.. %Windows% is the Windows folder, where it usually is C:\Windows on all Windows operating system versions.)
Other Details
This Spyware connects to the following possibly malicious URL:
- {BLOCKED}2.155.136
- {BLOCKED}.135.108
This report is generated via an automated analysis system.
SOLUTION
9.8
Step 1
Before doing any scans, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 users must disable System Restore to allow full scanning of their computers.
Step 2
Delete this registry key
Important: Editing the Windows Registry incorrectly can lead to irreversible system malfunction. Please do this step only if you know how or you can ask assistance from your system administrator. Else, check this Microsoft article first before modifying your computer's registry.
- In HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{6B7E1EEC-E727-4F70-B833-5E1C13D8AD52}
- ChannelMasks
Step 3
Delete this registry value
Important: Editing the Windows Registry incorrectly can lead to irreversible system malfunction. Please do this step only if you know how or you can ask assistance from your system administrator. Else, check this Microsoft article first before modifying your computer's registry.
- In HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\trfdtkrnovw
- Description = "Provides support overview to transfer data in kernel mode"
- In HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\trfdtkrnovw
- FailureActions = "{random values}"
- In HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\ramprostmod
- Description = "Provides protected storage for kernel mode drivers."
- In HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\ramprostmod
- FailureActions = "{random values}"
- In HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{6B7E1EEC-E727-4F70-B833-5E1C13D8AD52}\ChannelMasks
- 0 = "0"
- In HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{6B7E1EEC-E727-4F70-B833-5E1C13D8AD52}\ChannelMasks
- 0 = "753"
Step 4
Restore these modified registry values
Important:Editing the Windows Registry incorrectly can lead to irreversible system malfunction. Please do this only if you know how to or you can seek your system administrator's help. You may also check out this Microsoft article first before modifying your computer's registry.
- In HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\winmgmt
- From: Start = "2"
To: Start = ""2""
- From: Start = "2"
Step 5
Search and delete these components
- %System Root%\temp\sc_install.exe
- %System Root%\temp\Install_netscreen.exe
- %System%\msahubop.dll
- %System%\mshesuwo.dll
- %System%\msmiru.dll
- %System%\msvamak.exe
- %System%\msuvolo.exe
- %System%\mskodt.exe
- %System%\msvizibo.dll
- %System%\mswadesu.dll
- %System%\msqahewi.exe
- %System%\msfafaji.exe
- %Windows%\Fonts\mskes.ttf
- %System%\msrpsm.exe
Step 6
Search and delete this folder
- %System Root%\temp
Step 7
Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as TSPY_DELF.XXEF. 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.
Step 8
Restore this file from backup only Microsoft-related files will be restored. If this malware/grayware also deleted files related to programs that are not from Microsoft, please reinstall those programs on you computer again.
- %System Root%\temp\install_netscreen.exe
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