Trojan.Smoaler

Posted: October 6, 2011

Threat Metric

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Threat Level: The threat level scale goes from 1 to 10 where 10 is the highest level of severity and 1 is the lowest level of severity. Each specific level is relative to the threat's consistent assessed behaviors collected from SpyHunter's risk assessment model.

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Threat Level:	9/10
Infected PCs:	59

First Seen:	October 6, 2011
Last Seen:	October 26, 2019
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

First identified in the middle of 2011, Trojan.Smoaler still appears to have ongoing attack campaigns that abuse fake Fedex e-mail messages to install Trojan.Smoaler onto the targeted computers. SpywareRemove.com malware analysts have found significant spyware functions in Trojan.Smoaler's attack features, and particularly warn against the high probability of Trojan.Smoaler stealing login data for a wide range of applications and websites. Trojan.Smoaler is compatible with most versions of the Windows OS, and, like many Trojans, attempts to avoid any obvious symptoms of its attacks. Hence, it's encouraged for you to use anti-malware applications whenever finding or removing Trojan.Smoaler is required.

The E-mails that Deliver a Package of Trojan.Smoaler to Your PC

In spite of Trojan.Smoaler's age, Trojan.Smoaler attacks continue to be of concern for PC security analysts even as of February of 2013. The most well-identified infection method for Trojan.Smoaler uses e-mail spam that claims to be sent by Fedex, with rotating domain hosts for Trojan.Smoaler and similar changes to the fake 'order numbers.' A malicious ZIP file attachment includes a Trojan that contacts the relevant domain and installs Trojan.Smoaler.

Naturally, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers emphasize that Fedex does not use any type of e-mail-sent file attachments for its receipt system. Any e-mail claiming to be such should be assumed to be a vehicle for Trojan.Smoaler or similar Trojans, and deleting such e-mails on sight is a prudent and easy way of keeping your PC safe from problems like Trojan.Smoaler's attacks. Similar Trojan-installing attacks include those for Kuluoz, TR/Barys.EB.34 and Troj/Invo-Zip, all of which use variants on the same 'fake e-mail from the post office' strategy.

Why the Old Dog of Trojan.Smoaler Still Has a Hefty Bite

Trojan.Smoaler includes basic backdoor functions that can compromise your PC in several ways. Nonetheless, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers have found Trojan.Smoaler's information-stealing functions to be its most comprehensive and potentially damaging attacks. Trojan.Smoaler targets and steals login data (including passwords) and other sensitive information from the following programs:

Popular web browsers like Internet Explorer, Firefox and Opera.
E-mail clients, including Gmail, Outlook, Windows Mail and Incredimail.
Instant messaging applications such as MSN Messenger, AIM, Digsby, Yahoo Instant Messenger and ICQ.
Online poker games like Full Tilt Poker or Absolute Poker.
FTP managers like CoreFTP, CuteFTP, FTPUploader and WinSCP.
Download managers like Getright.
Remote Access Service (RAS) dialers such as VDialer.

SpywareRemove.com malware researchers stress that the list noted above is exemplary rather than conclusive; other applications that aren't mentioned above also may be attacked by Trojan.Smoaler.

To preserve the confidentiality of your information and prevent Trojan.Smoaler from hijacking any accounts, you should remove Trojan.Smoaler as soon as you can do so. Advanced anti-malware utilities, if they're available, should be considered the preferable solution to a Trojan.Smoaler infection. Even after Trojan.Smoaler is deleted, you may wish to consider changing any passwords and other security information for accounts that Trojan.Smoaler may have compromised.

Aliases

Trj/CI.A [Panda]W32/Gataka.B [Fortinet]Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot [Ikarus]Dropper/Win32.Injector [AhnLab-V3]TR/Symmi.81.4 [AntiVir]UnclassifiedMalware [Comodo]Mal/Generic-L [Sophos]Gen:Variant.Symmi.81 [BitDefender]Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Injector.fmjg [Kaspersky]Win32:Malware-gen [Avast]Trojan [K7AntiVirus]Artemis!4B1B3773EFB4 [McAfee]Generic22.AHXR [AVG]W32/DLOADR.SSA!tr [Fortinet]Trojan.SuspectCRC [Ikarus]
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Technical Details

File System Modifications

Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read the tutorials on how to find malware, kill unwanted processes, remove malicious DLLs and delete other harmful files. Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.

The following files were created in the system:

%SystemDrive%\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\vlc\{17EDF514-0698-41CD-94C4-614EF9075BAA}\UpgradeHelper.exe

File name: UpgradeHelper.exe
Size: 383.48 KB (383488 bytes)
MD5: 4b1b3773efb4c328054b323bf90afc39
Detection count: 37
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %SystemDrive%\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\vlc\{17EDF514-0698-41CD-94C4-614EF9075BAA}
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 6, 2012

%APPDATA%\KTM Support\KTMSupport.exe

File name: KTMSupport.exe
Size: 476.16 KB (476160 bytes)
MD5: 23c753ced0618feb8fbd48b9f7cb2452
Detection count: 5
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %APPDATA%\KTM Support
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: June 19, 2012

%USERPROFILE%\Application Data\csrss.exe

File name: csrss.exe
Size: 48.64 KB (48640 bytes)
MD5: 438bd8b425839ea597d26222d6aa6af7
Detection count: 5
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %USERPROFILE%\Application Data
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 1, 2012

ydrHrp_One.dll

File name: ydrHrp_One.dll
Size: 41.98 MB (41988096 bytes)
MD5: eb1ef1b908b16e264dd4e0e8b480ee37
Detection count: 0
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file

DELLXT.dll

File name: DELLXT.dll
Size: 21.49 MB (21495808 bytes)
MD5: 4fe6f4655cc5b5689916ec9ae63e1135
Detection count: 0
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file

DW20.dll

File name: DW20.dll
Size: 44.03 KB (44032 bytes)
MD5: 63133c371a0e67b0904a2b32b659a6b3
Detection count: 0
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file

FEDF1C17.dll

File name: FEDF1C17.dll
Size: 57.32 KB (57321 bytes)
MD5: acda60ce8350b6f9c20f9d10bb09f9c9
Detection count: 0
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 26, 2019

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

HKEY..\..\{Value}HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run\"[NAME VARIES]" = "%UserProfile%\Application Data\csrss.exe"