{
	"id": "8f9dc65d-6053-4a39-bab2-dcf18c793c79",
	"created_at": "2026-04-06T00:19:50.799574Z",
	"updated_at": "2026-04-10T03:20:47.523612Z",
	"deleted_at": null,
	"sha1_hash": "b878986bc02c8ebd4eaa6e3e7414f7fa99e7d8d9",
	"title": "TROJ64_WOWLIK.VT - Threat Encyclopedia | Trend Micro (US)",
	"llm_title": "",
	"authors": "",
	"file_creation_date": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
	"file_modification_date": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
	"file_size": 61052,
	"plain_text": "TROJ64_WOWLIK.VT - Threat Encyclopedia | Trend Micro (US)\r\nBy Analysis by: Alvin John Nieto\r\nArchived: 2026-04-05 21:42:24 UTC\r\nThis Trojan arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users\r\nwhen visiting malicious sites.\r\nArrival Details\r\nThis Trojan arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users\r\nwhen visiting malicious sites.\r\nInstallation\r\nThis Trojan injects codes into the following process(es):\r\n%Windows%\\explorer.exe\r\n%System%\\dllhost.exe\r\n(Note: %Windows% is the Windows folder, which is usually C:\\Windows.. %System% is the Windows system\r\nfolder, which is usually C:\\Windows\\System32.)\r\nAutostart Technique\r\nThis Trojan adds the following registry entries to enable its automatic execution at every system startup:\r\nHKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Classes\\\r\nclsid\\{fbeb8a05-beee-4442-804e-409d6c4515e9}\\inprocserver32\r\n[Default] = \"\\\\?\\globalroot\\Device\\{Harddisk volume #}\\{malware path}\\{malware name}\"\r\nHKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\CLSID\\{fbeb8a05-beee-4442-804e-409d6c4515e9}\\\r\nInProcServer32\r\n[Default] = \"\\\\?\\globalroot\\Device\\{Harddisk volume #}\\{malware path}\\{malware name}\"\r\n(Note: The default value data of the said registry entry is %System%\\SHELL32.dll.)\r\nOther Details\r\nThis Trojan connects to the following possibly malicious URL:\r\nhttp://{URL declared in 'wow.ini'}/cmd?version=1.5\u0026aid={value}\u0026id={GUID}\u0026os={OS\r\nversion}_{service pack}_{architecture}\r\nIt requires the existence of the following files to properly run:\r\nhttps://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/threat-encyclopedia/malware/troj64_wowlik.vt\r\nPage 1 of 3\n\nwow.ini\r\nNOTES:\r\nThis Trojan sets the attribute of itself to Hidden.\r\nThis Trojan may connect to the URLs declared wow.ini for the following purposes:\r\nUpdate the configuration file\r\nUpdate itself\r\nLoad additional modules\r\nStep 1\r\nBefore doing any scans, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 users must disable System Restore to allow\r\nfull scanning of their computers.\r\nStep 2\r\nIdentify and delete files detected as TROJ64_WOWLIK.VT using either the Startup Disk or Recovery Console\r\n[ Learn More ]\r\nStep 3\r\nDelete this registry value\r\n[ Learn More ]\r\nImportant: Editing the Windows Registry incorrectly can lead to irreversible system malfunction. Please do this\r\nstep only if you know how or you can ask assistance from your system administrator. Else, check this Microsoft\r\narticle first before modifying your computer's registry.\r\n \r\nIn HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Classes\\clsid\\{fbeb8a05-beee-4442-804e-409d6c4515e9}\\inprocserver32\r\n[Default] = \"\\\\?\\globalroot\\Device\\{Harddisk volume #}\\{malware path}\\{malware name}\"\r\nStep 4\r\nRestore this modified registry value\r\n[ Learn More ]\r\nImportant: Editing the Windows Registry incorrectly can lead to irreversible system malfunction. Please do this\r\nstep only if you know how or you can ask assistance from your system administrator. Else, check this Microsoft\r\narticle first before modifying your computer's registry.\r\nIn HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\CLSID\\{fbeb8a05-beee-4442-804e-409d6c4515e9}\\InProcServer32\r\nhttps://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/threat-encyclopedia/malware/troj64_wowlik.vt\r\nPage 2 of 3\n\nFrom: [Default] = \"\\\\?\\globalroot\\Device\\{Harddisk volume #}\\{malware path}\\{malware\r\nname}\"\r\nTo: [Default] = \"%System%\\SHELL32.dll\"\r\nStep 5\r\nScan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as TROJ64_WOWLIK.VT. If the\r\ndetected files have already been cleaned, deleted, or quarantined by your Trend Micro product, no further step is\r\nrequired. You may opt to simply delete the quarantined files. Please check this Knowledge Base page for more\r\ninformation.\r\nDid this description help? Tell us how we did.\r\nSource: https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/threat-encyclopedia/malware/troj64_wowlik.vt\r\nhttps://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/threat-encyclopedia/malware/troj64_wowlik.vt\r\nPage 3 of 3",
	"extraction_quality": 1,
	"language": "EN",
	"sources": [
		"Malpedia"
	],
	"references": [
		"https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/threat-encyclopedia/malware/troj64_wowlik.vt"
	],
	"report_names": [
		"troj64_wowlik.vt"
	],
	"threat_actors": [
		{
			"id": "d90307b6-14a9-4d0b-9156-89e453d6eb13",
			"created_at": "2022-10-25T16:07:23.773944Z",
			"updated_at": "2026-04-10T02:00:04.746188Z",
			"deleted_at": null,
			"main_name": "Lead",
			"aliases": [
				"Casper",
				"TG-3279"
			],
			"source_name": "ETDA:Lead",
			"tools": [
				"Agentemis",
				"BleDoor",
				"Cobalt Strike",
				"CobaltStrike",
				"RbDoor",
				"RibDoor",
				"Winnti",
				"cobeacon"
			],
			"source_id": "ETDA",
			"reports": null
		}
	],
	"ts_created_at": 1775434790,
	"ts_updated_at": 1775791247,
	"ts_creation_date": 0,
	"ts_modification_date": 0,
	"files": {
		"pdf": "https://archive.orkl.eu/b878986bc02c8ebd4eaa6e3e7414f7fa99e7d8d9.pdf",
		"text": "https://archive.orkl.eu/b878986bc02c8ebd4eaa6e3e7414f7fa99e7d8d9.txt",
		"img": "https://archive.orkl.eu/b878986bc02c8ebd4eaa6e3e7414f7fa99e7d8d9.jpg"
	}
}