Trojan.Win32.Swrort_8f9556ba44
HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic (Kaspersky), Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT (VIPRE), Backdoor.Win32.Bifrose!IK (Emsisoft), Trojan.Win32.Swrort.4.FD, TrojanSwrort.YR, GenericAutorunWorm.YR, GenericIRCBot.YR (Lavasoft MAS)
Behaviour: Trojan, Backdoor, Worm, WormAutorun, IRCBot
The description has been automatically generated by Lavasoft Malware Analysis System and it may contain incomplete or inaccurate information.
MD5: 8f9556ba44af234111f100a5eb39f0af
SHA1: a91606df613e0ea4e4c486453b994e013f41d69d
SHA256: 481b3251b5a91cce0665e9787ff2d60d8d65bb7841b26da5b6c7083bea84cb39
SSDeep: 768:xWN58f7i RhoUh1SEeZ kN1ICZWNePwp2RVYsO3GQiO8wTMqmEPK85CBVQEPH53P:ssfbRNDuHPo2TWDiO8wTMqm48gEPH5f
Size: 163840 bytes
File type: EXE
Platform: WIN32
Entropy: Not Packed
PEID: UPolyXv05_v6
Company: no certificate found
Created at: no data
Analyzed on: WindowsXP SP3 32-bit
Summary:
Trojan. A program that appears to do one thing but actually does another (a.k.a. Trojan Horse).
Payload
| Behaviour | Description |
|---|---|
| WormAutorun | A worm can spread via removable drives. It writes its executable and creates "autorun.inf" scripts on all removable drives. The autorun script will execute the Trojan's file once a user opens a drive's folder in Windows Explorer. |
| IRCBot | A bot can communicate with command and control servers via IRC channel. |
Process activity
The Trojan creates the following process(es):
%original file name%.exe:1516
The Trojan injects its code into the following process(es):
wkssvr.exe:1568
File activity
The process %original file name%.exe:1516 makes changes in the file system.
The Trojan 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)
%WinDir%\wkssvr.exe (673 bytes)
Registry activity
The process wkssvr.exe:1568 makes changes in the system registry.
The Trojan creates and/or sets the following values in system registry:
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "01 7C 28 3E 4C 74 CF 8E 88 19 38 4A 6D 17 87 BD"
[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"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\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" = "65452"
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths\path1]
"CacheLimit" = "65452"
[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]
"Directory" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5"
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths\path4]
"CacheLimit" = "65452"
"CachePath" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\Cache4"
[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"
[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"Cache" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files"
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths\path2]
"CacheLimit" = "65452"
The process %original file name%.exe:1516 makes changes in the system registry.
The Trojan creates and/or sets the following values in system registry:
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "EF 12 D0 89 64 E8 A6 7D FD 80 85 2B 20 20 E8 FC"
[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"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\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" = "65452"
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths\path1]
"CacheLimit" = "65452"
[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]
"Directory" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5"
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths\path4]
"CacheLimit" = "65452"
"CachePath" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\Cache4"
[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"
[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"Cache" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files"
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths\path2]
"CacheLimit" = "65452"
To automatically run itself each time Windows is booted, the Trojan adds the following link to its file to the system registry autorun key:
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"MSN" = "C:\Windows\wkssvr.exe"
Network activity (URLs)
No activity has been detected.
HOSTS file anomalies
No changes have been detected.
Rootkit activity
No anomalies have been detected.
Propagation
A worm can spread via removable drives. It writes its executable and creates "autorun.inf" scripts on all removable drives. The autorun script will execute the Trojan's file once a user opens a drive's folder in Windows Explorer.
Remove it with Ad-Aware
- Click (here) to download and install Ad-Aware Free Antivirus.
- Update the definition files.
- Run a full scan of your computer.
Manual removal*
- Terminate malicious process(es) (How to End a Process With the Task Manager):
%original file name%.exe:1516
- Delete the original Trojan file.
- Delete or disinfect the following files created/modified by the Trojan:
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\desktop.ini (67 bytes)
%WinDir%\wkssvr.exe (673 bytes) - Delete the following value(s) in the autorun key (How to Work with System Registry):
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"MSN" = "C:\Windows\wkssvr.exe" - Find and delete all copies of the worm's file together with "autorun.inf" scripts on removable drives.
- Reboot the computer.
*Manual removal may cause unexpected system behaviour and should be performed at your own risk.
