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Win32/Spy.SpyEye.B [Threat Variant Name]
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| Category | trojan |
| Size | 70144 B |
| Aliases | Trojan.Win32.Pincav.shd (Kaspersky) |
| BackDoor-Spyeye (McAfee) | |
| Trojan.Spyeye (Symantec) |
Short description
Win32/Spy.SpyEye.B is a trojan that steals sensitive information. The trojan can send the information to a remote machine. The file is run-time compressed using UPX . It uses techniques common for rootkits.
Installation
When executed, the trojan copies itself into the %systemdrive%\cleansweep.exe\ folder using the following name:
- cleansweep.exe
In order to be executed on every system start, the trojan sets the following Registry entry:
- [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
- "cleansweep.exe" = "%systemdrive%\cleansweep.exe\cleansweep.exe"
The trojan may create and run a new thread with its own program code within any running process.
Other information
The trojan hooks the following Windows APIs:
- NtEnumerateValueKey (ntdll.dll)
- NtQueryDirectoryFile (ntdll.dll)
- NtVdmControl (ntdll.dll)
- NtResumeThread (ntdll.dll)
- LdrLoadDll (ntdll.dll)
- TranslateMessage (user32.dll)
- HttpSendRequestA (wininet.dll)
- HttpSendRequestW (wininet.dll)
- InternetCloseHandle (wininet.dll)
- send (ws2_32.dll)
- CryptEncrypt (advapi32.dll)
The trojan acquires data and commands from a remote computer or the Internet. The trojan contains a list of (1) URLs. The HTTP protocol is used.
It can execute the following operations:
- download files from a remote computer and/or the Internet
- run executable files
- monitor network traffic
- log keystrokes
The trojan can send the information to a remote machine.
The trojan creates the following files:
- %systemdrive%\cleansweep.exe\config.bin