Malware Information

Malware nameTrojan.Dldr.Small.aafh
TypeTrojan
Affected platformWin32
Media-Typeapplication/executable
MD5 checksum6B50DC99F2CA5E90EF6ECEF9A25C6157
Static fileyes
Filesize139,776 Bytes
Alias names
(also known as)
SophosTroj/FakeAle-EF
McAfeeGeneric FakeAlert.a
CA ETrustWin32/Bugnraw.CC
Side effects
  • Downloads a malicious file
  • Drops a file
  • Drops malicious files
  • Registry modification
PropagationNo own spreading routine

Description:

Files

It copies itself to the following location:
• %SYSDIR%\lphc1boj0e39c.exe



The following files are created:

– Non malicious file:
• %SYSDIR%\phc1boj0e39c.bmp

– %SYSDIR%\blphc1boj0e39c.scr Furthermore it gets executed after it was fully created. Further investigation pointed out that this file is malware, too. Detected as: JOKE/BSOD.C

– %TEMPDIR%\.tt1.tmp.vbs Furthermore it gets executed after it was fully created. Further investigation pointed out that this file is malware, too. Detected as: Script.Agent.1002




It tries to download a file:

– The location is the following:
• http://antivirusxp-08.com/images/1190**********.gif
It is saved on the local hard drive under: %TEMPDIR%\.tt4.tmp Furthermore this file gets executed after it was fully downloaded. Further investigation pointed out that this file is malware, too.
Registry

One of the following values is added in order to run the process after reboot:

– [HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
• lphc1boj0e39c="%SYSDIR%\lphc1boj0e39c.exe"



The following registry keys are added:

– [HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Software Notifier]
• InstallationID="9528fec3-f3c9-4201-91c6-ff859a0641b2"

– [HKCU\Software\Sysinternals\Bluescreen Screen Saver]
• EulaAccepted=dword:00000001



The following registry keys are changed:

Various Explorer settings:
– [HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
New value:
• NoDispBackgroundPage=dword:00000001
• NoDispScrSavPage=dword:00000001

– [HKCU\Control Panel\Colors]
New value:
• Background="0 0 255"

– [HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop]
New value:
• WallpaperStyle="0"
TileWallpaper="0"
Wallpaper="%SYSDIR%\phc1boj0e39c.bmp"
OriginalWallpaper="%SYSDIR%\phc1boj0e39c.bmp"
SCRNSAVE.EXE="%SYSDIR%\blphc1boj0e39c.scr"
ScreenSaveActive="1"
ScreenSaveTimeOut="600"

File details

Programming language:
The malware program was written in MS Visual C++.


Runtime packer:
In order to aggravate detection and reduce size of the file it is packed with a runtime packer.