Trojan.Barys

The Barys malware falls in the category of a Trojan Downloader and is programmed to allow its operators to download and upload files to your computer without you noticing it Malware researchers note that the Barys Trojan has some interesting features like the implementation of the Dropbox online file storage service. The Barys Trojan also could be encountered under the name of Trojan:Win32/Congrim. The Barys Trojan may be delivered to users via spam campaigns or travel bundled with free program installers that are promoted on suspicious websites. The Barys Trojan is known to make TCP connections via port 443 to remote hosts such as Software.trickip.net, 83.133.127.200, Weaversbase.com and Cms.abmr.net.

The Congrim (Barys) Trojan might install its main executable in the AppData folder, and its support components in the Temp folder to prevent easy detection. The Barys Trojan can provide its operators with a remote access to infected systems and allow them to run arbitrary code that may inflict severe damages to single computers and networks alike. The Barys Trojan could be instructed to download and install cryptomalware like the Onion Ransomware and the Locker Ransomware. Malware researchers point out that the Barys Trojan may create a Mutex in the Windows Registry to prevent more than one instance from running on infected systems. Additionally, the Barys (Congrim) Trojan may use TMP and DLL files to carry out commands and inject code into running processes like explorer.exe, dw20.exe and iexplorer.exe. The Barys Trojan may modify the security settings of Internet Explorer to tag its 'Command and Control' servers as safe. The Barys Trojan Downloader is written with the Microsoft C++ programming language and may run on all Windows versions and architectures. Therefore, you should install a renowned anti-malware solution to prevent the infiltration of the Barys Trojan or clean the infected machine.

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