Trojan-PSW.Win32.Zbot_2e7639cdca

by malwarelabrobot on November 14th, 2013 in Malware Descriptions.

Gen:Worm.Zomon.1 (BitDefender), HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic (Kaspersky), Gen:Worm.Zomon.1 (B) (Emsisoft), Swizzor.gen.c (McAfee), WS.Reputation.1 (Symantec), Trojan.SuspectCRC (Ikarus), Gen:Worm.Zomon.1 (FSecure), Win32/Zbot.W (AVG), Win32:Torbot [Trj] (Avast), Trojan-PSW.Win32.Zbot.6.FD, Trojan.Win32.Swrort.3.FD, BackdoorCaphaw_QKKBAL.YR, GenericInjector.YR, GenericIRCBot.YR, TrojanPSWZbot.YR, PUPTorClient.YR (Lavasoft MAS)
Behaviour: Trojan-PSW, Trojan, Backdoor, Worm, PUP, IRCBot


The description has been automatically generated by Lavasoft Malware Analysis System and it may contain incomplete or inaccurate information.

Summary
Technical Details
Removal Recommendations

MD5: 2e7639cdcacf9f93cec5e2f7849001b0
SHA1: b91722d002477887a75ca0ba499d0bd24ca1d1a9
SHA256: 130b904826224aea195294bb4f0c005157153888ea6aca177238188a790eb2d4
SSDeep: 49152:I6lZFlhQIvoQ89F7OzwPM4xZ5YRai7qsrvMkHuFFo8z69ZT877TNT/N0ixx:oPZ5OZvMtFzgZT rV
Size: 14257618 bytes
File type: EXE
Platform: WIN32
Entropy: Not Packed
PEID: MicrosoftVisualCv71EXE, MicrosoftVisualCv70, UPolyXv05_v6
Company: no certificate found
Created at: 2006-11-29 00:07:28


Summary:

Trojan-PSW. Trojan program intended for stealing users passwords.

Payload

Behaviour Description
IRCBot A bot can communicate with command and control servers via IRC channel.


Process activity

The Trojan-PSW creates the following process(es):

wagen.exe:1800
iexplore.exe:1580
iexplore.exe:412
iexplore.exe:280
iexplore.exe:292
%original file name%.exe:1636

The Trojan-PSW injects its code into the following process(es):

CTFMON.EXE:296
iexplore.exe:1524
iexplore.exe:224

File activity

The process iexplore.exe:1524 makes changes in the file system.
The Trojan-PSW creates and/or writes to the following file(s):

%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp\OpenCL.dll (51200 bytes)

The process iexplore.exe:280 makes changes in the file system.
The Trojan-PSW creates and/or writes to the following file(s):

%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\desktop.ini (67 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp\OpenCL.dll (51200 bytes)

The process iexplore.exe:224 makes changes in the file system.
The Trojan-PSW creates and/or writes to the following file(s):

%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data\tor\cached-descriptors.new (4060162 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data\tor\state.tmp (1190 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data\tor\cached-descriptors.tmp.tmp (24672696 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data\tor\hidden_service\hostname.tmp (24 bytes)

The Trojan-PSW deletes the following file(s):

%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data\tor\cached-descriptors.new (0 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data\tor\cached-descriptors (0 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data\tor\state (0 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data\tor\hidden_service\hostname (0 bytes)

The process iexplore.exe:292 makes changes in the file system.
The Trojan-PSW creates and/or writes to the following file(s):

%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data\tor\cached-consensus.tmp (1119883 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data\tor\cached-certs.tmp (16400 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data\tor\cached-descriptors.tmp.tmp (8398874 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data\tor\hidden_service\hostname.tmp (24 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data\tor\hidden_service\private_key.tmp (902 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data\tor\state.tmp (222 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data\tor\cached-descriptors.new (2542432 bytes)

The Trojan-PSW deletes the following file(s):

%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data\tor\cached-descriptors (0 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data\tor\cached-descriptors.new (0 bytes)

Registry activity

The process wagen.exe:1800 makes changes in the system registry.
The Trojan-PSW creates and/or sets the following values in system registry:

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "7E 78 7E CE D0 7A ED 12 FF 42 2B D1 91 47 D2 4F"

The process CTFMON.EXE:296 makes changes in the system registry.
The Trojan-PSW creates and/or sets the following values in system registry:

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Taad]
"Igpiepvi" = "10 9E 72 16 9F E1 FC A0 C3 9F E3 24 EC D2 EB A4"

The Trojan-PSW deletes the following value(s) in system registry:
The Trojan-PSW disables automatic startup of the application by deleting the following autorun value:

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"internat.exe"

The process iexplore.exe:1524 makes changes in the system registry.
The Trojan-PSW creates and/or sets the following values in system registry:

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths]
"Directory" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths\path4]
"CacheLimit" = "65324"
"CachePath" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\Cache4"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths\path2]
"CacheLimit" = "65324"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"AppData" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data"

"Cookies" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Cookies"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths\path2]
"CachePath" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\Cache2"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"Common AppData" = "%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"Cache" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files"

[HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Hardware Profiles\0001\Software\Microsoft\windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"ProxyEnable" = "0"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths\path1]
"CacheLimit" = "65324"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Taad]
"Igpiepvi" = "10 9E 72 16 9F E1 FC A0 C3 9F E3 24 EC D2 EB A4"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections]
"SavedLegacySettings" = "3C 00 00 00 0F 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "DF 04 97 A4 B8 BE 99 0A AB 4D 65 BB 9A F0 C7 68"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths\path1]
"CachePath" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\Cache1"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths\path3]
"CacheLimit" = "65324"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"MigrateProxy" = "1"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"History" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\History"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths\path3]
"CachePath" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\Cache3"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths]
"Paths" = "4"

The Trojan-PSW modifies IE settings for security zones to map all local web-nodes with no dots which do not refer to any zone to the Intranet Zone:

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap]
"UNCAsIntranet" = "1"

The Trojan-PSW modifies IE settings for security zones to map all web-nodes that bypassing the proxy to the Intranet Zone:

"ProxyBypass" = "1"

Proxy settings are disabled:

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"ProxyEnable" = "0"

The Trojan-PSW modifies IE settings for security zones to map all urls to the Intranet Zone:

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap]
"IntranetName" = "1"

The Trojan-PSW deletes the following value(s) in system registry:

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"AutoConfigURL"
"ProxyServer"
"ProxyOverride"

The process iexplore.exe:280 makes changes in the system registry.
The Trojan-PSW creates and/or sets the following values in system registry:

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths]
"Directory" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths\path4]
"CacheLimit" = "65324"
"CachePath" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\Cache4"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths\path2]
"CacheLimit" = "65324"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"AppData" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data"

"Cookies" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Cookies"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths\path2]
"CachePath" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\Cache2"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"Common AppData" = "%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"Cache" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files"

[HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Hardware Profiles\0001\Software\Microsoft\windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"ProxyEnable" = "0"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths\path1]
"CacheLimit" = "65324"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections]
"SavedLegacySettings" = "3C 00 00 00 0C 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "08 3B 0D D2 D3 93 B3 BD 6D B5 DB 5D E4 CC BC F0"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths\path1]
"CachePath" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\Cache1"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths\path3]
"CacheLimit" = "65324"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"MigrateProxy" = "1"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"History" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\History"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths\path3]
"CachePath" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\Cache3"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths]
"Paths" = "4"

The Trojan-PSW modifies IE settings for security zones to map all local web-nodes with no dots which do not refer to any zone to the Intranet Zone:

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap]
"UNCAsIntranet" = "1"

The Trojan-PSW modifies IE settings for security zones to map all web-nodes that bypassing the proxy to the Intranet Zone:

"ProxyBypass" = "1"

Proxy settings are disabled:

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"ProxyEnable" = "0"

The Trojan-PSW modifies IE settings for security zones to map all urls to the Intranet Zone:

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap]
"IntranetName" = "1"

The Trojan-PSW deletes the following value(s) in system registry:

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"AutoConfigURL"
"ProxyServer"
"ProxyOverride"

The process iexplore.exe:224 makes changes in the system registry.
The Trojan-PSW creates and/or sets the following values in system registry:

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "A1 F0 87 60 8D B7 75 28 5A 39 51 0E 83 6C F1 3C"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{ebcf8d94-66db-11de-b228-806d6172696f}]
"BaseClass" = "Drive"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{d8c0d8da-77bd-11e0-bb02-000c293bc0fd}]
"BaseClass" = "Drive"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"AppData" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{91167d42-103d-11db-8c91-806d6172696f}]
"BaseClass" = "Drive"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{91167d45-103d-11db-8c91-806d6172696f}]
"BaseClass" = "Drive"

The process iexplore.exe:292 makes changes in the system registry.
The Trojan-PSW creates and/or sets the following values in system registry:

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "C6 8C EB BA 82 30 60 F7 00 F2 1D 1D 1E F6 3F 9D"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{ebcf8d94-66db-11de-b228-806d6172696f}]
"BaseClass" = "Drive"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{d8c0d8da-77bd-11e0-bb02-000c293bc0fd}]
"BaseClass" = "Drive"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"AppData" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{91167d42-103d-11db-8c91-806d6172696f}]
"BaseClass" = "Drive"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{91167d45-103d-11db-8c91-806d6172696f}]
"BaseClass" = "Drive"

The process %original file name%.exe:1636 makes changes in the system registry.
The Trojan-PSW creates and/or sets the following values in system registry:

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "3E 3D FD 25 FE 79 51 3D 36 C2 8D E4 33 B2 D3 AE"

Network activity (URLs)

URL IP
hxxp://checkip.dyndns.com/
checkip.dyndns.org 216.146.43.70


HOSTS file anomalies

No changes have been detected.

Rootkit activity

The Trojan-PSW installs the following user-mode hooks in WININET.dll:

HttpSendRequestExA
HttpSendRequestW
InternetReadFileExA
InternetQueryDataAvailable
HttpSendRequestExW
InternetReadFile
HttpQueryInfoA
HttpSendRequestA
InternetCloseHandle

The Trojan-PSW installs the following user-mode hooks in CRYPT32.dll:

PFXImportCertStore

The Trojan-PSW installs the following user-mode hooks in USER32.dll:

SetCursorPos
DefMDIChildProcA
DefFrameProcA
DefDlgProcA
GetClipboardData
DefMDIChildProcW
DefFrameProcW
GetUpdateRgn
RegisterClassA
GetDCEx
ReleaseCapture
SetCapture
DefWindowProcA
CallWindowProcA
GetUpdateRect
PeekMessageA
CallWindowProcW
GetMessagePos
GetCursorPos
EndPaint
BeginPaint
DefWindowProcW
RegisterClassExA
GetMessageA
DefDlgProcW
SwitchDesktop
OpenInputDesktop
RegisterClassExW
RegisterClassW
GetCapture
PeekMessageW
GetMessageW
GetWindowDC
TranslateMessage
GetDC
ReleaseDC

The Trojan-PSW installs the following user-mode hooks in WS2_32.dll:

WSASend
send
closesocket

The Trojan-PSW installs the following user-mode hooks in kernel32.dll:

GetFileAttributesExW

The Trojan-PSW installs the following user-mode hooks in ntdll.dll:

LdrLoadDll
NtCreateThread

Propagation


Remove it with Ad-Aware

  1. Click (here) to download and install Ad-Aware Free Antivirus.
  2. Update the definition files.
  3. Run a full scan of your computer.


Manual removal*

  1. Scan a system with an anti-rootkit tool.
  2. Terminate malicious process(es) (How to End a Process With the Task Manager):

    wagen.exe:1800
    iexplore.exe:1580
    iexplore.exe:412
    iexplore.exe:280
    iexplore.exe:292
    %original file name%.exe:1636

  3. Delete the original Trojan-PSW file.
  4. Delete or disinfect the following files created/modified by the Trojan-PSW:

    %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp\OpenCL.dll (51200 bytes)
    %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\desktop.ini (67 bytes)
    %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data\tor\cached-descriptors.new (4060162 bytes)
    %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data\tor\state.tmp (1190 bytes)
    %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data\tor\cached-descriptors.tmp.tmp (24672696 bytes)
    %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data\tor\hidden_service\hostname.tmp (24 bytes)
    %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data\tor\cached-consensus.tmp (1119883 bytes)
    %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data\tor\cached-certs.tmp (16400 bytes)
    %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data\tor\hidden_service\private_key.tmp (902 bytes)

  5. Clean the Temporary Internet Files folder, which may contain infected files (How to clean Temporary Internet Files folder).
  6. Reboot the computer.

*Manual removal may cause unexpected system behaviour and should be performed at your own risk.

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