Backdoor.Finder

Posted: April 5, 2013

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Threat Level:	2/10
Infected PCs:	86

First Seen:	April 5, 2013
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

BackDoor.Finder is both a backdoor Trojan and a browser hijacker with robust functions for compromising your PC that most noticeably include the ability to replace any search popular search engine's results with ones of its own choosing. Fake search results created by BackDoor.Finder are designed to look like real results from the search site that's being accessed, and SpywareRemove.com malware experts warn that BackDoor.Finder's links may force your PC into contact with malicious content or, somewhat less dangerously than that, simply sites that aren't particularly relevant to your searches. Because BackDoor.Finder is a persistent threat with sophisticated features for concealing itself, anti-malware software generally should be the first attempted solution for removing BackDoor.Finder safely.

BackDoor.Finder: Forcing Your Browser to Find What It Wants You to See

BackDoor.Finder is most broadly distributed throughout the United States, with its umbrella of aliases including Trojan.Redyms.A, W32/Agent.UJK, Trojan.FakeAlert and variants of Kazy Trojan. Both manual downloads and drive-by-downloads have been known to distribute BackDoor.Finder throughout the USA, with one of BackDoor.Finder's favorite disguises including a fake Adobe Flash update. Once again, SpywareRemove.com malware experts also have verified the involvement of the Blackhole Exploit Kits in related drive-by-download attacks, which can trigger and install BackDoor.Finder whenever your browser loads a hostile or compromised site.

BackDoor.Finder's installation involves BackDoor.Finder being injected into all of your memory processes, an invasive attack that may cause a noticeable decline in your system's performance while also depriving BackDoor.Finder of a separate process to be identified and terminated. However, the predominant function in BackDoor.Finder's skill set is to hook into the Windows Socket API (also known as Winsock), which allows BackDoor.Finder to redirect your web browser to unwanted websites.

Why Your Browser Doesn't Need BackDoor.Finder's Backdoor

BackDoor.Finder's browser hijacks specialize in replacing the search results of search engines like Google or Yahoo with its personalized results, which may promote fake anti-malware programs, display inaccurate system warnings, launch other drive-by-downloads or engage in phishing attacks. At best, BackDoor.Finder's replacements always should be considered inferior to the results of actual search engines, even though BackDoor.Finder may tailor them to look identical to the organic results of such sites.

BackDoor.Finder is a distinct danger to your PC and always should be removed as soon as BackDoor.Finder is detected. To enact BackDoor.Finder's removal with the most efficiency possible, SpywareRemove.com malware experts suggest disabling BackDoor.Finder and preventing BackDoor.Finder from injecting its code into any unrelated processes. From that point of safety, you can remove BackDoor.Finder with any type of anti-malware program that's deemed to be appropriate.

BackDoor.Finder's attacks currently are limited to Windows, but have been known to affect the following brands of browsers and search engines:

For search engines: alexa.com, aol.com, ask.com, bing.com, google.com, icq.com, yahoo.com, yandex.com, wiki.com and search.xxx.
For web browsers: Avant, Chrome, Internet Explorer, Maxtron, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla, Opera, Netscape and Safari.

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:

SYSTEM32>\wbem\Performance\WmiApRpl_new.ini

File name: SYSTEM32>\wbem\Performance\WmiApRpl_new.ini
Mime Type: unknown/ini
Group: Malware file

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

HKEY..\..\{Value}HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run] 'effaacefaabeb' = '%APPDATA%\23ef5514-3059-436f-a4a7-4cefaab20eb179\effaacefaabeb.exe'