Trojan.APT.BaneChant

Posted: April 3, 2013

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Threat Level:	9/10
Infected PCs:	52

First Seen:	April 3, 2013
Last Seen:	August 14, 2023
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

Trojan.APT.BaneChant is a Trojan downloader that currently is used for installing backdoor Trojans – Trojans that enable criminals to access and control your computer secretively – for compromised PCs in Asia and the Middle East. Trojan.APT.BaneChant attacks employ several means of evading anti-malware program's analysis and have defenses that are specific to automated threat analysis PCs, which may make some anti-malware products slow to catch up to identifying and, therefore, deleting Trojan.APT.BaneChant, but the usage of anti-malware software still is recommended as the ideal resolution to any Trojan.APT.BaneChant infection. E-mail is the primary infection vector for Trojan.APT.BaneChant, and SpywareRemove.com malware experts recommend that PC users in vulnerable countries be cautious about unusual e-mail messages that could be carrying Trojan.APT.BaneChant-installing PC threats.

Trojan.APT.BaneChant: a Threat with All Due Paranoia

Rather like the mythical groundhog checking for appropriate weather, Trojan.APT.BaneChant is designed to check for appropriate circumstances for attacking a compromised PC, and will remain inactive if Trojan.APT.BaneChant determines that a PC is inappropriate. Most notably, this includes checking for multiple instances of mouse interaction – only after three clicks will Trojan.APT.BaneChant engage its attacks, which allows Trojan.APT.BaneChant to avoid being analyzed by unattended anti-malware programs's analysis systems that don't use mouse input.

Trojan.APT.BaneChant actually is installed by a Word document that includes an embedded exploit, enabling Trojan.APT.BaneChant essentially to double as a Trojan dropper. This Trojan dropper also includes several methods of avoiding the most rudimentary forms of anti-malware program's analysis (such as using dynamically-generated links and URL shorteners). The document in question, named 'Islamic Jihad,' is sent in e-mail messages that appear to target specific individuals and companies lacated in the Middle East and Asia – as opposed to general and untargeted spam mail attacks.

If Trojan.APT.BaneChant determines, through methods like the above and additional ones, that the PC in question is not related to the anti-malware program's industry, Trojan.APT.BaneChant proceeds with attacks that download and enable the automatic launching of a third PC threat, a backdoor Trojan. Various components of this backdoor Trojan are disguised as other types of files such as JPG images or Google Update components.

Hitting 'Mute' on Trojan.APT.BaneChant's Anti-Security Chant

SpywareRemove.com malware researchers have found that the backdoor Trojan that's installed by Trojan.APT.BaneChant includes the ability to install other malware, as well as the usual functions that enable criminals to control compromised computers through Command & Control servers. By default, Trojan.APT.BaneChant's backdoor Trojan also gathers and transmits your PC's basic system information, which allows criminals to act on new infections quickly.

Since Trojan.APT.BaneChant is just one stage of a multiple-stage attack against a compromised computer, SpywareRemove.com malware experts heavily encourage you to use anti-malware products to delete Trojan.APT.BaneChant via thorough system scans. These scans, hopefully, will be adequate for removing other PC threats related to Trojan.APT.BaneChant's attacks. However, identifying and deleting the e-mail messages that distribute Trojan.APT.BaneChant, obviously, is even better than that.

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:

Islamic Jihad.doc

File name: Islamic Jihad.doc
Mime Type: unknown/doc
Group: Malware file