Technical Information
To ensure autorun and distribution
Modifies the following registry keys
- [<HKCU>\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce] 'JTIpXUIySMQRFsilOMe' = '%WINDIR%\Resources\Themes\aero\Shell\nrHGRhJgiZLVeovpJXlLfiw\svchost.exe'
Creates or modifies the following files
- %APPDATA%\microsoft\windows\start menu\programs\startup\jtipxuiysmqrfsilome.exe
Malicious functions
To complicate detection of its presence in the operating system,
blocks execution of the following system utilities:
- Windows Defender
blocks the following features:
- User Account Control (UAC)
adds antivirus exclusion with following registry keys:
- [<HKLM>\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths] '<Full path to file>' = '00000000'
- [<HKLM>\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths] '%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\JTIpXUIySMQRFsilOMe.exe' = '00000000'
- [<HKLM>\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths] '%WINDIR%\Resources\Themes\aero\Shell\nrHGRhJgiZLVeovpJXlLfiw\svchost.exe' = '00000000'
Injects code into
the following user processes:
- jtipxuiysmqrfsilome.exe
Modifies file system
Creates the following files
- %LOCALAPPDATA%\ajscsgiusrnzwwptoschtczig\<File name>.exe_url_ntfreen22fhysbikdjo3rf0kqo3tj0sx\3.992.123.344\f30p0kco.newcfg
- %TEMP%\3d38bc95-df66-49ff-99c4-a38e03cb1f99\advancedrun.exe
- %TEMP%\3d38bc95-df66-49ff-99c4-a38e03cb1f99\test.bat
- %WINDIR%\resources\themes\aero\shell\nrhgrhjgizlveovpjxllfiw\svchost.exe
- %LOCALAPPDATA%\ajscsgiusrnzwwptoschtczig\jtipxuiysmqrfsilome.exe_url_wb3z3qlvgtqkbrkd1yw0d055onpl3ude\3.992.123.344\zseug2ym.newcfg
- %TEMP%\ef6ce216-dead-4071-9eb5-0a41893f602a\advancedrun.exe
- %TEMP%\ef6ce216-dead-4071-9eb5-0a41893f602a\test.bat
Deletes the following files
- %TEMP%\3d38bc95-df66-49ff-99c4-a38e03cb1f99\advancedrun.exe
- %TEMP%\3d38bc95-df66-49ff-99c4-a38e03cb1f99\test.bat
- %TEMP%\ef6ce216-dead-4071-9eb5-0a41893f602a\advancedrun.exe
- %TEMP%\ef6ce216-dead-4071-9eb5-0a41893f602a\test.bat
Moves the following files
- from %LOCALAPPDATA%\ajscsgiusrnzwwptoschtczig\<File name>.exe_url_ntfreen22fhysbikdjo3rf0kqo3tj0sx\3.992.123.344\f30p0kco.newcfg to %LOCALAPPDATA%\ajscsgiusrnzwwptoschtczig\<File name>.exe_url_ntfreen22fhysbikdjo3rf0kqo3tj0sx\3.992.123.344\user.config
- from %LOCALAPPDATA%\ajscsgiusrnzwwptoschtczig\jtipxuiysmqrfsilome.exe_url_wb3z3qlvgtqkbrkd1yw0d055onpl3ude\3.992.123.344\zseug2ym.newcfg to %LOCALAPPDATA%\ajscsgiusrnzwwptoschtczig\jtipxuiysmqrfsilome.exe_url_wb3z3qlvgtqkbrkd1yw0d055onpl3ude\3.992.123.344\user.config
Network activity
Connects to
- 'microsoft.com':80
- 'li########abestteamoftheworld.com':80
- 'li########abestteamoftheworld.com':443
TCP
HTTP GET requests
- http://li########abestteamoftheworld.com/liverpool-fc-news/features/steven-gerrard-liverpool-future-dalglish--goal-0FA13DE6CE309C97AA9BDAFDB83129EE.html
- http://li########abestteamoftheworld.com/liverpool-fc-news/features/steven-gerrard-liverpool-future-dalglish--goal-F0044AD1B1EBECFA5304B352A78F3783.html
UDP
- DNS ASK microsoft.com
- DNS ASK li########abestteamoftheworld.com
Miscellaneous
Creates and executes the following
- '%TEMP%\3d38bc95-df66-49ff-99c4-a38e03cb1f99\advancedrun.exe' /EXEFilename "%TEMP%\3d38bc95-df66-49ff-99c4-a38e03cb1f99\test.bat" /WindowState ""0"" /PriorityClass ""32"" /CommandLine "" /StartDirectory "" /RunAs 8 /Run
- '%TEMP%\3d38bc95-df66-49ff-99c4-a38e03cb1f99\advancedrun.exe' /SpecialRun 4101d8 2328
- '%APPDATA%\microsoft\windows\start menu\programs\startup\jtipxuiysmqrfsilome.exe'
- '%WINDIR%\syswow64\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe' Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "%WINDIR%\Resources\Themes\aero\Shell\nrHGRhJgiZLVeovpJXlLfiw\svchost.exe" -Force
- '%TEMP%\ef6ce216-dead-4071-9eb5-0a41893f602a\advancedrun.exe' /EXEFilename "%TEMP%\ef6ce216-dead-4071-9eb5-0a41893f602a\test.bat" /WindowState ""0"" /PriorityClass ""32"" /CommandLine "" /StartDirectory "" /RunAs 8 /Run
- '%TEMP%\ef6ce216-dead-4071-9eb5-0a41893f602a\advancedrun.exe' /SpecialRun 4101d8 1996
- '%TEMP%\3d38bc95-df66-49ff-99c4-a38e03cb1f99\advancedrun.exe' /EXEFilename "%TEMP%\3d38bc95-df66-49ff-99c4-a38e03cb1f99\test.bat" /WindowState ""0"" /PriorityClass ""32"" /CommandLine "" /StartDirectory "" /RunAs 8 /Run' (with hidden window)
- '%WINDIR%\syswow64\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe' Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "<Full path to file>" -Force' (with hidden window)
- '%WINDIR%\syswow64\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe' Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\JTIpXUIySMQRFsilOMe.exe" -Force' (with hidden window)
- '%WINDIR%\syswow64\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe' Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "%WINDIR%\Resources\Themes\aero\Shell\nrHGRhJgiZLVeovpJXlLfiw\svchost.exe" -Force' (with hidden window)
- '%TEMP%\ef6ce216-dead-4071-9eb5-0a41893f602a\advancedrun.exe' /EXEFilename "%TEMP%\ef6ce216-dead-4071-9eb5-0a41893f602a\test.bat" /WindowState ""0"" /PriorityClass ""32"" /CommandLine "" /StartDirectory "" /RunAs 8 /Run' (with hidden window)
Executes the following
- '%WINDIR%\syswow64\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe' Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "<Full path to file>" -Force
- '%WINDIR%\syswow64\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe' Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\JTIpXUIySMQRFsilOMe.exe" -Force
- '%WINDIR%\syswow64\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe' Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "%WINDIR%\Resources\Themes\aero\Shell\nrHGRhJgiZLVeovpJXlLfiw\svchost.exe" -Force
