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Trojan.Dropper.Cutwail.D

HIGH
LOW
25-27 KBYTES
(VirTool:WinNT/Cutwail.F (OneCare) TR/Dldr.Mutant.BL (Avira))

Symptoms

1. The presence of WLCtrl32.dll (or WinNT32.dll) in %SYSDIR% folder and the following values in the registry:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify\WLCtrl32    
        DLLName = WLCtrl32.dll
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify\WLCtrl32   
        StartShell = WLEventStartShell
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify\WLCtrl32    
        Impersonate = 0
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify\WLCtrl32
        Asynchronous = 0    

2. The presence of a driver file in %SYSDIR%\drivers with a random name; the name has the following format:
<capital_letter><two_lowercase_letters><two_digits>.sys and the following values in the registry:
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SafeBoot\Minimal\
        Lxt61.sys @= "Driver"
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SafeBoot\Network\
        Lxt61.sys @= "Driver"

Removal instructions:

1. Disable SystemRestore if running Windows XP
2. Reboot your system as described here:
http://forum.bitdefender.com/index.php?showtopic=1054
and delete the infected files using the following commands:
del %SYSDIR%\WLCtrl32.dll
del %SYSDIR%\drivers\<random_name>.sys
Then reboot your system and delete the following registry keys using regedit as described here:
http://forum.bitdefender.com/index.php?showtopic=5435 (section Regedit)
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify\WLCtrl32
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SafeBoot\Minimal\ - delete the key .sys
- HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SafeBoot\Network\ - delete the key <random_name>.sys

Analyzed By

Dana Stanut, virus researcher

Technical Description:

This malware drops the following files  
        %SYSDIR%\WLCtrl32.dll
        %SYSDIR%\drivers\<random_name>.sys
It modifies the registry in order to enable its automatic excution after every system reboot  the execution is enabled also in Safe Mode) and registers itself as a service.
After executing the dropper deletes itself.
The driver has WLCtrl32.dll inside its resource section and it restores it and/or the registry entries if removed.