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Trojan:Win32/Balisdat.gen!E


First posted on 27 March 2012.
Source: Microsoft

Aliases :

There are no other names known for Trojan:Win32/Balisdat.gen!E.

Explanation :

Trojan:Win32/Balisdat.gen!E is a trojan that acts as a malicious component for Win32/Banker and Win32/Bancos variants. It can download other files or delete security-related files found in the affected computer.


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Trojan:Win32/Balisdat.gen!E is a trojan that acts as a malicious component for Win32/Banker and Win32/Bancos variants. It can download other files or delete security-related files found in the affected computer.



Installation

Trojan:Win32/Balisdat.gen!E is observed to arrive with the following file names:

  • Album.exe
  • Face_Color.exe
  • Fotos.exe
  • Recarga_Soft.exe
  • Desbloqueia-Maior18.exe


When run, Trojan:Win32/Balisdat.gen!E drops a copy of itself as "%windir%\Media\dwm.exe".

The malware modifies the following registry entry to ensure it executes at each Windows start:

In subkey: HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Sets value: "default"
With data: "%windir%\Media\dwm.exe"

The trojan may display a window with the following message:





Payload

Downloads arbitrary files

Trojan:Win32/Balisdat.gen!E may download other possibly malicious components of Win32/Bancos variants from certain servers.

In the wild, it has been observed connecting to the following server to download files:

003.alfacentauria.com/BoxFile.bcc



Analysis by Francis Allan Tan Seng

Last update 27 March 2012

 

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