Remove Trojan.Hydraq

Posted on: January 18th, 2010

Discovered: January 11, 2010
Updated: January 11, 2010 2:59:20 PM
Type: Trojan
Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows XP
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Technical Details:
This Trojan may arrive in an email or it may be dropped or downloaded by

another threat.

When executed, the threat creates one of the following files:

%Temp%\c_1758.nls

%Temp%\[RANDOM FILE NAME]

It then creates a service with the following characteristic:

Service name: RaS[FOUR RANDOM CHARACTERS]

The Trojan creates the following registry subkey in order to register the

above service:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\

RaS[FOUR RANDOM CHARACTERS]

Next, the Trojan modifies the following registry entry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SvcHost\”netsvcs” = “36 00 74 00 6F 00 34 00 00

The Trojan then opens a back door and allow a remote attacker to perform

the following actions on the compromised computer:

* Adjust token privileges.

* Check status, control, and end processes and services

* Download a remote file, save it as %Temp%\mdm.exe, and then execute it.

* Create, modify, and delete registry subkeys.

* Retrieve a list of logical drives.

* Read, write, execute, copy, change attributes, and delete files.

* Reboot and shut down the computer.

* Uninstall itself by deleting the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Ra

S[FOUR RANDOM CHARACTERS] subkey.

* clear all system event logs.

* Check if %System%\acelpvc.dll is present. If so, load it and call its Entry

Main() export.

* Check if %System%\VedioDriver.dll is present.

* Open, read, and delete the %System%\drivers\etc\networks.ics file.

* Retrieve the CPU speed by checking the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\

CentralProcessor\0\”~MHz” registry value.

It then connects to one of the following domains using port 443 and

sends any information gathered:

* yahooo.8866.org

* sl1.homelinux.org

* 360.homeunix.com

The Trojan then redirects the computer to the following domain:

* li107-40.members.linode.com

* ftp2.homeunix.com

* update.ourhobby.com

The Trojan also stores configuration information in the following registry entries:

* HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Sun\1.1.2\”IsoTp”

* HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Sun\1.1.2\”AppleTlk”

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