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Trojan:Win32/Skeeyah.A!plock

Posted: March 9, 2015

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 8/10
Infected PCs: 11,214
First Seen: March 9, 2015
Last Seen: May 19, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Trojan:Win32/Skeeyah.A!plock is a detection name for a trojan infection on your PC. Typically, trojans like Trojan:Win32/Skeeyah.A!plock are known to be distributed via malicious websites, spam e-mail campaigns, etc. Trojans like Trojan:Win32/Skeeyah.A!plock may cause your system to run rather sluggishly, damage some your personal files and display many annoying fake messages. In addition, often redirects to potentially harmful websites may occur. Users are advised to utilize a powerful anti-malware tool as trojans such as Trojan:Win32/Skeeyah.A!plock are known to hide well.

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:



%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Redist\VCRedist.exe File name: VCRedist.exe
Size: 133.12 KB (133120 bytes)
MD5: d1ba37ebd08d11409872e8e5872b6abb
Detection count: 1,719
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Redist
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: July 27, 2016
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Redist\VCRedist.exe File name: VCRedist.exe
Size: 133.12 KB (133120 bytes)
MD5: 99d0d54a5da5c84e98a2f36c12d64dec
Detection count: 400
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Redist
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: July 27, 2016
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Redist\VCRedist.exe File name: VCRedist.exe
Size: 133.12 KB (133120 bytes)
MD5: 1c08b2669284a0f66ecba6a1803dcc88
Detection count: 337
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Redist
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: July 27, 2016
%PROGRAMFILES%\WindowHosting\WSecurity.exe File name: WSecurity.exe
Size: 498.68 KB (498688 bytes)
MD5: 7cc54e9beedbe286c8b2a11eafaa8720
Detection count: 319
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\WindowHosting
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: November 3, 2018
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Redist\VCRedist.exe File name: VCRedist.exe
Size: 133.12 KB (133120 bytes)
MD5: 683e2ce3d99bfe67aeda02a87b31086a
Detection count: 309
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Redist
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: July 27, 2016
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Redist\VCRedist.exe File name: VCRedist.exe
Size: 133.12 KB (133120 bytes)
MD5: ea8e9a473bce463bdad639063ad67c23
Detection count: 192
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Redist
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: July 27, 2016
%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Temp\78B8.tmp.exe File name: 78B8.tmp.exe
Size: 335.69 KB (335696 bytes)
MD5: 09a357acd6fdadef860bd0d416a67883
Detection count: 136
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %SYSTEMDRIVE%\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Temp\78B8.tmp.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: June 26, 2020
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Redist\VCRedist.exe File name: VCRedist.exe
Size: 133.12 KB (133120 bytes)
MD5: e6ac3e620f72cb8244d5c05b0739395f
Detection count: 119
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Redist
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: July 27, 2016
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Redist\VCRedist.exe File name: VCRedist.exe
Size: 133.12 KB (133120 bytes)
MD5: 0325876fbfcf9af1f335252f9ad5223d
Detection count: 103
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Redist
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: July 27, 2016
C:\Program Files\Security\Security.exe File name: Security.exe
Size: 931.28 KB (931288 bytes)
MD5: b2a0522844429d41278ae093323bd9db
Detection count: 95
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Program Files\Security
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: June 26, 2017
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Redist\VCRedist.exe File name: VCRedist.exe
Size: 133.12 KB (133120 bytes)
MD5: a8dc3a5e091708b1ba1b0a42ec2c0422
Detection count: 91
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Redist
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: July 27, 2016
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Redist\VCRedist.exe File name: VCRedist.exe
Size: 232.44 KB (232448 bytes)
MD5: 079e936a11fb317073f55e668d49ca9d
Detection count: 80
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Redist
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: July 27, 2016
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Redist\VCRedist.exe File name: VCRedist.exe
Size: 232.44 KB (232448 bytes)
MD5: 18637f582235368e6074df1499cd9613
Detection count: 73
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Redist
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: July 27, 2016
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Redist\VCRedist.exe File name: VCRedist.exe
Size: 232.44 KB (232448 bytes)
MD5: dbb4a0f1f4c4f8e285d11af9ece5f9fd
Detection count: 63
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Redist
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: July 27, 2016
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Redist\VCRedist.exe File name: VCRedist.exe
Size: 225.79 KB (225792 bytes)
MD5: 0e07939680193f84eb3ecba7cb949890
Detection count: 47
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Redist
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: July 27, 2016
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Redist\VCRedist.exe File name: VCRedist.exe
Size: 150.01 KB (150016 bytes)
MD5: aafdd58cb2dabc2061d0a633d4d4be2f
Detection count: 37
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Redist
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: July 27, 2016
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Redist\VCRedist.exe File name: VCRedist.exe
Size: 133.12 KB (133120 bytes)
MD5: 7b78b7827ecfa277be0311347b55a3dd
Detection count: 33
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Redist
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: July 27, 2016
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Redist\VCRedist.exe File name: VCRedist.exe
Size: 232.44 KB (232448 bytes)
MD5: b21aa5d29e9505f3f2f86386f2d49e30
Detection count: 28
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Redist
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: July 27, 2016
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\WindowHosting\WSecurity.exe File name: WSecurity.exe
Size: 504.32 KB (504320 bytes)
MD5: ab401b67def4d33eb425f19a759ef0ea
Detection count: 16
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\WindowHosting
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: June 30, 2016
%APPDATA%\Oracle\JavaUpdate.exe File name: JavaUpdate.exe
Size: 230.4 KB (230400 bytes)
MD5: be19910f3c466164d3c444e792cdcf22
Detection count: 12
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %APPDATA%\Oracle
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 19, 2016
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\WindowHosting\WSecurity.exe File name: WSecurity.exe
Size: 505.34 KB (505344 bytes)
MD5: 88302a994d6abd92c796677362b495b8
Detection count: 9
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\WindowHosting
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: June 30, 2016

More files

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

Regexp file mask%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Dictator\Aladeen.exe%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\svhostcontroller1.4.2.exe%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\WindowMan\dwm22.exe%APPDATA%\Hyphenizes.exe%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Security\mcrservice.exe%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Pro_upg.exe%APPDATA%\Oracle\JavaUpdate.exe%APPDATA%\Service Host Network Service.exe%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\vss.exe%WINDIR%\parameters\hostdll.exe

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%APPDATA%\Security\Files%APPDATA%\Security\Guard%APPDATA%\Security\Logs%APPDATA%\Security\Screenshots%PROGRAMFILES%\WindowHosting%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\WindowHosting%TEMP%\subfolders
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