BitDefender Antivirus

Trojan.Downloader.JKIZ

( Trojan-Clicker.Win32.VB.bjk TR/Click.VB.bjk Win32/TrojanClicker.VB.BJK trojan )
Spreading: medium
Damage: medium
Size: 20,634 27,497
Discovered: 2008 Aug 20

SYMPTOMS:

  • task manager or antivirus software doesn't work
  • unrequested internet traffic
  • presence of the files and registry entries mentioned below

TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION:

When the malware starts it creates files in the following locations:
%windir%\system32\debug.exe
%windir%\system32\drivers\beep.sys
random named files such as c:\000F443C\1000516

The file beep.sys is registered as a windows service; the  following registry keys ar created:
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Beep\Type
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Beep\Start
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Beep\ImagePath
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Beep\DisplayName

The malware disables the task manager by creating the following registry key:
SoftWare\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\taskmgr.exe
              Debugger        ntsd -d

Similar registry keys are created in order to disable antivirus software too.

After this installation the original file deletes itself by creating and starting a .bat file created for this purpose.

The purpose of the malware is to download and run other malicious software on the user's machine. In order to do so, it downloads a list of url's from locations such as:
http://www.gucc?????prada.txt
http://www.ball??????prada.txt

 The downloaded lists are located in random named files (c:\000f60e9\1010983) and look like this:
36
http://0.0o-??????/zip1.exe
http://0.0o-??????/zip2.exe
http://0.0o-??????/zip3.exe
http://0.0o-??????/zip4.exe
.............

The files downloaded from these lists generally belong to the Trojan.PWS.OnlineGames family and are used to steal account information for certain online games.

Removal instructions:

Delete the aforementioned files and registry keys; In order to delete the file debug.exe you need to kill the process first. You can do this by running the following command: taskkill /IM debug.exe /F.

ANALYZED BY:

Deac Razvan-Ioan, virus researcher