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Trojan:BASH/Qhost.WD

Classification

Category:Malware
Type:Trojan
Aliases:

Trojan:BASH/Qhost.WDQhost.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.

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    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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