| Malware name | Trojan.Dldr.Small.aafh | | Type | Trojan | | Affected platform | Win32 | | Media-Type | application/executable | | MD5 checksum | 6B50DC99F2CA5E90EF6ECEF9A25C6157 | | Static file | yes | | Filesize | 139,776 Bytes | Alias names (also known as) | | Sophos | Troj/FakeAle-EF | | McAfee | Generic FakeAlert.a | | CA ETrust | Win32/Bugnraw.CC |
| | Side effects | - Downloads a malicious file
- Drops a file
- Drops malicious files
- Registry modification
| | Propagation | No own spreading routine |
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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.