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Trojan:SymbOS/MultiDropper

Classification

Category:

Malware

Platform:

SymbOS

Type:

Trojan

Aliases:

  • Trojan:SymbOS/MultiDropper

Summary

Multidropper is a trojan-dropper that operates on Symbian Series 60 2nd Edition devices.

It drops and runs other malware components on the compromised device.

Removal

Technical Details

Trojan:SymbOS/MultiDropper is a family of trojan-droppers. The following details refer to variant MultiDropper.A.

MultipleDropper.A

Trojan:SymbOS/Multidropper.A is distributed as a SIS file. It drops Worm:SymbOS/CommWarrior.Z; Worm:SymbOS/Beselo.D; and Trojan:SymbOS/Kiazha.A onto the compromised device.

All of the dropped malware components are set to run on installation. The interaction of the various component malware is aiming to ransom money from the user.

  • Malware attempts to sign the user up to a QQ account
  • It also forwards SMS messages and data gathered from the phoneto the number defined by the malware author
  • Incoming and outgoing SMS are deleted
  • After a delay a warning message is displayed, telling the user to send money to the malware author to repair the phone

For the further details of malware functionality see detailed descriptions of included malware components:

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