Trojan.Urausy.D

Posted: April 8, 2013

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Threat Level:	8/10
Infected PCs:	12

First Seen:	April 8, 2013
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

Trojan:Win32/Urausy.D is a recent variant of the Urausy family of Police Ransomware Trojans, with many PC security companies detecting Trojan:Win32/Urausy.D only in early March. By detecting the compromised PC's IP address and using this information to display a regionally-convincing police warning, Trojan:Win32/Urausy.D attempts to convince its victims to pay a fine for common Internet-related crimes (like software piracy). Despite its pretensions towards legality, Trojan:Win32/Urausy.D is not authorized by the police of any nation, and SpywareRemove.com malware experts highly encourage attempting to identify and then delete Trojan:Win32/Urausy.D infections as soon as the first signs of their malicious Police pop-ups appear on your desktop.

Trojan:Win32/Urausy.D and the Warrant for Your Arrest that You Can Afford to Mock

Trojan:Win32/Urausy.D is one of multiple members of the globe-spanning Urausy family of Police Trojans, with attacks from its family extending throughout most of Europe and as far abroad as South America. While Trojan:Win32/Urausy.D may use several ways to infect your PC, SpywareRemove.com malware experts usually associate Trojan:Win32/Urausy.D infection vectors with drive-by-download attacks from exploit kits that are hosted on hacked or intentionally hostile websites. Like all of its relatives, Trojan:Win32/Urausy.D specializes in displaying fake Police pop-ups that are designed to conform to the country of the infected PC.

Once Trojan:Win32/Urausy.D detects your IP address and your associated country, Trojan:Win32/Urausy.D launches a pop-up that covers your screen and includes what looks like a legal warning from your country's police. Trojan:Win32/Urausy.D claims to have confirmed that your PC has been involved in illegal online activities, but the reality is that Trojan:Win32/Urausy.D actually displays its pop-up without any such confirmation. Trojan:Win32/Urausy.D's pop-up threatens you with jail time and steep fines if you fail to pay a relatively smaller fine within a short time period, but this fine just is a way to transfer money to criminals, rather than to the police.

SpywareRemove.com malware experts could provide an almost infinite list of PC threats associated with Trojan:Win32/Urausy.D, but, for the sake of brevity, an exemplary set of samples can include the Australian Federal Police Ukash Virus, Abu Dhabi Police GHQ Ransomware, CashU 'Computer Blocked' Ransomware, Police Rendőrség Ransomware, Emniyet Genel Müdürlüğü Ransomware, Politie Nederland Ransomware and Malta Police Force MPF Ransomware.

Being Free to Rescue Your PC from Trojan:Win32/Urausy.D's Hostage Situation

Even if it's obvious that paying Trojan:Win32/Urausy.D's ransom will not help your computer, Trojan:Win32/Urausy.D also will make an effort to block major Windows applications and even will stop you from accessing your desktop entirely. To re-access your PC without Trojan:Win32/Urausy.D getting in the way, SpywareRemove.com malware analysts suggest loading a recovery OS onto a removable device (such as a flash drive). When you've booted your PC from this uninfected device, you should be able to use any anti-malware, security and general recovery programs that are needed to delete Trojan:Win32/Urausy.D.

Another fact worth noting is that Trojan:Win32/Urausy.D uses Ukash, a favorite payment system for Police Trojans. Besides Ukash (a reputable voucher company) being useful as an easy way of identifying fraudulent Police Trojans like Trojan:Win32/Urausy.D, it also should be stressed that Ukash's company policy is to deny refunds except in the case of unused vouchers. If your PC ever is subjected to Trojan:Win32/Urausy.D or another Police Trojan's attack, a little caution about transferring money at the behest of suspicious programs like Trojan:Win32/Urausy.D may very well save you a significant amount of money.

Aliases

Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Foreign.bdlu [Kaspersky]Trj/Dtcontx.C [Panda]Generic32.AOJV [AVG]Trojan:Win32/Urausy.D [Microsoft]Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Foreign.bdjg [Kaspersky]WS.Reputation.1 [Symantec](Suspicious) - DNAScan [CAT-QuickHeal]

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:

%APPDATA%\AltShell.dat

File name: AltShell.dat
Size: 31.23 KB (31232 bytes)
MD5: e5a741223463616e7cf7803eac8ded57
Detection count: 7
File type: Data file
Mime Type: unknown/dat
Path: %APPDATA%
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 8, 2013

%APPDATA%\altshell.dat

File name: altshell.dat
Size: 31.23 KB (31232 bytes)
MD5: 2a933a291f92e2a257c5cb0875b227a2
Detection count: 5
File type: Data file
Mime Type: unknown/dat
Path: %APPDATA%
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 8, 2013