Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Small.bal

Technical Details

This Trojan downloads another malicious program via the Internet and launches it on the victim machine without the user’s knowledge or consent. It is a Windows PE EXE file. It is 3584 bytes in size.

Payload

Once launched, the Trojan downloads a file from the following URL:

and saves it as follows:

The downloaded file is then launched for execution.

At the moment of writing, the link was not working.

Removal instructions

If your computer does not have an up-to-date antivirus, or does not have an antivirus solution at all, follow the instructions below to delete the malicious program:

1. Use Task Manager to terminate the malicious program’s process.
2. Delete the original Trojan file (the location will depend on how the program originally penetrated the victim machine).
3. Delete the following file:
   C:\test.exe
4. Update your antivirus databases and perform a full scan of the computer (download a trial version of Kaspersky Anti-Virus).