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Trojan:BASH/Qhost.WD

Classification

Category:

Malware

Type:

Trojan

Aliases:

  • Trojan:BASH/Qhost.WD
  • Qhost.WD
  • BASH/Qhost.WD
  • Trojan:BASH/Qhost.WD

Summary

Trojan:BASH/Qhost.WD poses as a Flash Player installer, and performs unauthorized actions upon installation.

Removal

Technical Details

Trojan:BASH/Qhost.WD disguises as a Flash Player installer called FlashPlayer.pkg to trick user into installation.

Payload

Upon installation, the trojan hijacks traffic to Google by adding the following entries to the host file:

  • 91.224.160.26 google.com
  • 91.224.160.26 google.co.uk
  • 91.224.160.26 google.co.au
  • 91.224.160.26 google.ca
  • 91.224.160.26 google.us
  • 91.224.160.26 www.google.com
  • 91.224.160.26 www.google.co.uk
  • 91.224.160.26 www.google.com.au
  • 91.224.160.26 www.google.ca
  • 91.224.160.26 www.google.us

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