Concrete signature match: Virus - Infects other files for 32-bit Windows platform, family Swog
Virus:Win32/Swog is a sophisticated Win32 malware that employs extensive techniques for execution, persistence, and evasion. It leverages system utilities like mshta, regsvr32, rundll32, BITS, and PowerShell, combined with API hooking, to maintain a stealthy foothold, establish remote communication, and manipulate system files.
Relevant strings associated with this threat: - !#HSTR:StringCodeForMshta.A!pli (PEHSTR_EXT) - !#HSTR:StringCodeForHooking.C!pli (PEHSTR_EXT) - !#HSTR:StringCodeForHooking.D!pli (PEHSTR_EXT) - !#HSTR:StringCodeForHooking.L!pli (PEHSTR_EXT) - !#HSTR:StringCodeForHooking.O!pli (PEHSTR_EXT) - !#HSTR:StringCodeForRegsvr32.A!pli (PEHSTR_EXT) - !#HSTR:StringCodeForRundll32.A!pli (PEHSTR_EXT) - rundll32 (PEHSTR_EXT) - !#HSTR:StringCodeForBITSJobs.A!pli (PEHSTR_EXT) - !#HSTR:StringCodeForPowerShell.G!pli (PEHSTR_EXT) - !#HSTR:StringCodeForScheduledTask.A!pli (PEHSTR_EXT) - !#HSTR:StringCodeForDataEncoding.D!pli (PEHSTR_EXT) - !#HSTR:StringCodeForHooking.J!pli (PEHSTR_EXT) - !#HSTR:StringCodeForHooking.K!pli (PEHSTR_EXT) - !#HSTR:StringCodeForRemoteFileCopy.B!pli (PEHSTR_EXT) - !#HSTR:StringCodeForFileDeletion.A!pli (PEHSTR_EXT) - !#HSTR:StringCodeForHooking.M!pli (PEHSTR_EXT) - !#HSTR:StringCodeForNetshHelperDLL.A!pli (PEHSTR_EXT) - !#HSTR:StringCodeForRemoteServices.A!pli (PEHSTR_EXT) - !#HSTR:StringCodeForSoftwarePacking.C!pli (PEHSTR_EXT)
d78e48fd5308b2a48db8d412a8fe5bdea929825f60eba134bb99fc5d4e09d360Immediately isolate any affected systems, perform a full system scan with updated antivirus software, and remove all identified malicious files and registry entries. Thoroughly investigate for persistence mechanisms (e.g., scheduled tasks, modified services), lateral movement, and potential data exfiltration to ensure complete eradication.