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Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Small.eff

Detected Feb 05 2007 20:22 GMT
Released Feb 05 2007 20:22 GMT
Published Oct 02 2007 16:03 GMT

Technical Details
Payload
Removal instructions

Technical Details

This Trojan downloads other programs via the Internet and launches them on the victim machine without the user’s knowledge or consent. It is a Windows PE EXE file. The file is 24,576 bytes in size. It is written in C++.


Payload

Once launched, the Trojan creates the following registry keys in order to save its data:

[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Direct3D\dinput\update]
"SetupId"="50077"

[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Direct3D\dinput\update\Score]

[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Direct3D\dinput\update\StartTime]

[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Direct3D\dinput\update\Version]

It then attempts to download a file from one of the following addresses:

http://setup1.*****com/barbindsoft/barsetup.exe
http://setup2.*****com/barbindsoft/barsetup.exe
http://setup3.*****com/barbindsoft/barsetup.exe
http://setup4.*****com/barbindsoft/barsetup.exe

This file will be saved to the current user's temporary directory as “temp.exe”:

%Temp%\temp.exe

The downloaded file is 356 352 bytes in size. It will be detected by Kaspersky Anti-Virus as .

If the file is downloaded successfully, it will be launched for execution.


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. Delete the original Trojan file (the location will depend on how the program originally penetrated the victim machine) if it has not deleted itself.
  2. Delete the following file:
    %Temp%\temp.exe
  3. Delete the following system registry keys: (see What is a system registry and how do I use it for details on how to edit the registry).
    [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Direct3D\dinput\update]
    "SetupId"="50077"
    
    [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Direct3D\dinput\update\Score]
    
    [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Direct3D\dinput\update\StartTime]
    
    [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Direct3D\dinput\update\Version]
  4. Update your antivirus databases and perform a full scan of the computer (download a trial version of Kaspersky Anti-Virus).

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Trojan-Downloader

Programs classified as Trojan-Downloader download and install new versions of malicious programs, including Trojans and AdWare, on victim computers. Once downloaded from the Internet, the programs are launched or included on a list of programs which will run automatically when the operating system boots up.

Information about the names and locations of the programs which are downloaded are in the Trojan code, or are downloaded by the Trojan from an Internet resource (usually a web page).

This type of malicious program is frequently used in the initial infection of visitors to websites which contain exploits.


Other versions

Aliases

Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Small.eff (Kaspersky Lab) is also known as:

  • Trojan: Downloader-BAY (McAfee)
  • Mal/TinyDL-D (Sophos)
  • W32/Downloader.gen14 (FPROT)
  • TrojanDownloader:Win32/QQHelper.RB (MS(OneCare))
  • Trojan.DownLoader2.21924 (DrWeb)
  • Win32/TrojanDownloader.QQHelper trojan (Nod32)
  • Trojan.Downloader.Small.EFF (BitDef7)
  • Trojan.QQHelper.Gen (VirusBuster)
  • Win32:Downloader-FF [Trj] (AVAST)
  • Trojan-Downloader.Win32.QQHelper (Ikarus)
  • Downloader.Generic6.ANVQ (AVG)
  • Downloader (NAV)
  • NseCheckFile2() returned 0x00010018 (Norman)
  • Downloader-BAY (NAI)
  • Trojan.DL.Agent.blq (Rising)
  • Mal_DLDER (TrendMicro)
  • Trojan.QQHelper.Gen (VirusBusterBeta)