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TrojanPSW.Win32.Zbot_f8702827fe


Gen:Variant.Barys.24394 (BitDefender), Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot.rqro (Kaspersky), Trojan.PWS.Panda.2401 (DrWeb), Gen:Variant.Barys.24394 (B) (Emsisoft), Artemis!F8702827FE7F (McAfee), Trojan.Zbot (Symantec), Gen:Variant.Barys.24394 (FSecure), Win32:Trojan-gen (Avast), Trojan-PSW.Win32.Zbot.6.FD, Sinowal.YR, GenericInjector.YR, BackdoorCaphaw_QKKBAL.YR, TrojanPSWZbot.YR (Lavasoft MAS)Behaviour: Trojan-Spy, Trojan-PSW, Trojan, Backdoor

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

Summary

MD5: f8702827fe7f1e87174cd6e56a1d02b4

SHA1: f5cfe1a618aea4e4836cd6f30c9cfcef144922d8

SHA256: 0501ae0114bd406c44f533c32dd697594981768eba51bcab806a3344a71404de

SSDeep: 6144:fHzsIQlBObnjDBKrgiIfi6GE3NJzXYBIXPynW:7sIQlWDFiyx3NJiY4W

Size: 274432 bytes

File type: EXE

Platform: WIN32

Entropy: Packed

PEID: MicrosoftVisualC, NETexecutable, UPolyXv05_v6

Company: no certificate found

Created at: 2014-02-27 23:52:54

Analyzed on: WindowsXP SP3 32-bit

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

Dynamic Analysis

Payload

No specific payload has been found.

Process activity

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

tasklist.exe:1816
hostname.exe:812
ipconfig.exe:596
%original file name%.exe:1644
%original file name%.exe:1308
netsh.exe:540
ydvul.exe:856
ydvul.exe:1556

The Trojan-PSW injects its code into the following process(es):No processes have been created.

File activity

The process %original file name%.exe:1308 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\Ofykis\ydvul.exe (274 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp\tmp544dd9e7.bat (177 bytes)

Registry activity

The process tasklist.exe:1816 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" = "04 72 BA A8 1A BF E8 52 B8 37 37 C8 B9 FD B4 49"

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

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Utzie]
"Equh" = "C8 F0 09 3C EF D3 AE E9 4B 24 30 63 B5 E6 36 54"

The process hostname.exe:812 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" = "0F 6E 17 78 0D F9 47 90 D5 5B FB 30 BF 16 0F 9A"

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

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Utzie]
"Equh" = "C8 F0 09 3C EF D3 AE E9 4B 24 30 63 B5 E6 36 54"

The process ipconfig.exe:596 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" = "C9 F2 D4 C5 89 BA 99 B2 CF 96 B4 27 AE ED BE 53"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\eappprxy\traceIdentifier]
"Guid" = "5f31090b-d990-4e91-b16d-46121d0255aa"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\QUtil\traceIdentifier]
"Guid" = "8aefce96-4618-42ff-a057-3536aa78233e"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\eappprxy]
"Active" = "1"

[HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Eventlog\Application\ESENT]
"CategoryMessageFile" = "%System%\ESENT.dll"
"EventMessageFile" = "%System%\ESENT.dll"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\eappcfg\traceIdentifier]
"BitNames" = " Error Unusual Info Debug"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\eappcfg]
"Active" = "1"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\QUtil]
"Active" = "1"
"ControlFlags" = "1"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\QUtil\traceIdentifier]
"BitNames" = " Error Unusual Info Debug"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\eappprxy\traceIdentifier]
"BitNames" = " Error Unusual Info Debug"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\eappprxy]
"LogSessionName" = "stdout"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\QUtil]
"LogSessionName" = "stdout"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\eappcfg\traceIdentifier]
"Guid" = "5f31090b-d990-4e91-b16d-46121d0255aa"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\eappcfg]
"ControlFlags" = "1"

[HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Eventlog\Application\ESENT]
"CategoryCount" = "16"
"TypesSupported" = "7"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\eappcfg]
"LogSessionName" = "stdout"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Utzie]
"Equh" = "C8 F0 09 3C EF D3 AE E9 4B 24 30 63 B5 E6 36 54"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\eappprxy]
"ControlFlags" = "1"

The process %original file name%.exe:1644 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" = "D1 67 73 33 56 49 D2 59 A0 92 E7 22 2B 17 C4 5A"

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

The process %original file name%.exe:1308 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" = "73 FA 22 75 DF 83 34 E2 FD 25 AB E7 29 1C 4D 90"

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

The process netsh.exe:540 makes changes in the system registry.


The Trojan-PSW creates and/or sets the following values in system registry:

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\eappprxy\traceIdentifier]
"Guid" = "5f31090b-d990-4e91-b16d-46121d0255aa"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\qagent]
"Active" = "1"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\QUtil\traceIdentifier]
"Guid" = "8aefce96-4618-42ff-a057-3536aa78233e"

[HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile]
"DoNotAllowExceptions" = "0"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\FWCFG]
"MaxFileSize" = "1048576"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\NAP\Netsh]
"ControlFlags" = "1"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\qagent]
"ControlFlags" = "1"

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

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\NAP\Netsh]
"Active" = "1"

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

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\FWCFG]
"ConsoleTracingMask" = "4294901760"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Utzie]
"Equh" = "C8 F0 09 3C EF D3 AE E9 4B 24 30 63 B5 E6 36 54"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\NAP\Netsh\Napmontr]
"BitNames" = " NAP_TRACE_BASE NAP_TRACE_NETSH"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\eappprxy]
"Active" = "1"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\eappcfg\traceIdentifier]
"BitNames" = " Error Unusual Info Debug"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\eappcfg]
"Active" = "1"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\eappprxy\traceIdentifier]
"BitNames" = " Error Unusual Info Debug"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\eappcfg]
"ControlFlags" = "1"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\FWCFG]
"EnableFileTracing" = "0"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\eappcfg]
"LogSessionName" = "stdout"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\NAP\Netsh\Napmontr]
"Guid" = "710adbf0-ce88-40b4-a50d-231ada6593f0"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\QUtil]
"Active" = "1"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\eappprxy]
"LogSessionName" = "stdout"
"ControlFlags" = "1"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\qagent\traceIdentifier]
"Guid" = "b0278a28-76f1-4e15-b1df-14b209a12613"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\eappcfg\traceIdentifier]
"Guid" = "5f31090b-d990-4e91-b16d-46121d0255aa"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\FWCFG]
"EnableConsoleTracing" = "0"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\QUtil\traceIdentifier]
"BitNames" = " Error Unusual Info Debug"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "E1 A5 CA 7F E2 12 56 7D 9F 8F E8 5D 4E 0A 61 94"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\FWCFG]
"FileDirectory" = "%windir%\tracing"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\QUtil]
"LogSessionName" = "stdout"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\qagent]
"LogSessionName" = "stdout"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\FWCFG]
"FileTracingMask" = "4294901760"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\NAP\Netsh]
"LogSessionName" = "stdout"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\qagent\traceIdentifier]
"BitNames" = " Error Unusual Info Debug"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Tracing\Microsoft\QUtil]
"ControlFlags" = "1"

A firewall is disabled:

[HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile]
"EnableFirewall" = "0"

The process ydvul.exe:856 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" = "07 E4 E6 54 E4 7F 1A BE 24 46 9C DA A7 54 F6 61"

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

The process ydvul.exe:1556 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" = "23 65 72 43 68 A6 D5 1A 65 A2 FF 30 C3 09 3F B1"

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

Network activity (URLs)

URL IP
hxxp://www.google.com/webhp173.194.43.80
hxxp://www.google.ca/webhp?gfe_rd=ctrl&ei=FLsRU-WfEqyC8QfB2YH4Dw&gws_rd=cr173.194.43.88


HOSTS file anomalies

No changes have been detected.

Rootkit activity

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

PlaySoundW

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

HttpEndRequestW
HttpEndRequestA
HttpSendRequestExA
HttpSendRequestW
InternetReadFileExA
InternetSetFilePointer
InternetQueryDataAvailable
HttpOpenRequestW
HttpSendRequestExW
InternetReadFile
HttpQueryInfoA
HttpSendRequestA
InternetCloseHandle
HttpOpenRequestA

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 ADVAPI32.dll:

CreateProcessAsUserA
CreateProcessAsUserW

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

WSASend
gethostbyname
send
closesocket
getaddrinfo

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

ExitProcess
GetFileAttributesExW

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

NtCreateThread

Propagation

Removals

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):

    tasklist.exe:1816
    hostname.exe:812
    ipconfig.exe:596
    %original file name%.exe:1644
    %original file name%.exe:1308
    netsh.exe:540
    ydvul.exe:856
    ydvul.exe:1556

  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%\Application Data\Ofykis\ydvul.exe (274 bytes)
    %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp\tmp544dd9e7.bat (177 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.

Static Analysis

Network Activity

Map

Strings from Dumps