Technical Information
To ensure autorun and distribution
Creates or modifies the following files
- <SYSTEM32>\tasks\updates\swtswvczoot
Malicious functions
Creates and executes the following
- '' (downloaded from the Internet)
Creates and executes the following (exploit)
- '%APPDATA%\africa85442.exe'
Modifies file system
Creates the following files
- %APPDATA%\africa85442.exe
- %APPDATA%\swtswvczoot.exe
- %TEMP%\tmp6dbf.tmp
Sets the 'hidden' attribute to the following files
- %APPDATA%\swtswvczoot.exe
Deletes the following files
- %TEMP%\tmp6dbf.tmp
Network activity
Connects to
- 'ca##inz.gq':80
UDP
- DNS ASK ca##inz.gq
Miscellaneous
Creates and executes the following
- '%WINDIR%\syswow64\schtasks.exe' /Create /TN "Updates\SWTswvcZOOT" /XML "%TEMP%\tmp6DBF.tmp"' (with hidden window)
Executes the following
- '%CommonProgramFiles%\microsoft shared\equation\eqnedt32.exe' -Embedding
- '%WINDIR%\syswow64\schtasks.exe' /Create /TN "Updates\SWTswvcZOOT" /XML "%TEMP%\tmp6DBF.tmp"
