Trojan.Upatre

Short bio

Trojan.Upatre is Malwarebytes’ detection name for a family of backdoor Trojans targeting Windows systems.

Type and source of infection

Trojan.Upatre enables the threat actor to download and run additional malware on the affected systems. Newer variants can steal and communicate system information to the threat actor.
Trojan.Upatre is mostly delivered by mail as attachments or as a link to a compromised site.

Protection

Malwarebytes protects users from Trojan.Upatre by using real-time protection.

Malwarebytes blocks Trojan.Upatre

Business remediation

Malwarebytes can detect and remove Trojan.Upatre on business machines without further user interaction.
To remove Trojan.Upatre using Malwarebytes business products, follow the instructions below.

How to remove Trojan.Upatre with Malwarebytes Endpoint Protection

1. Go to the Malwarebytes Cloud console.
2. To allow you to invoke a scan while the machine is off the network, go to Settings > Policies > your policy > General.
3. Under Endpoint Interface Options, turn ON:
   1. Show Malwarebytes icon in notification area
   2. Allow users to run a Threat Scan (all threats will be quarantined automatically)

If you have infected machines that are not registered endpoints in Malwarebytes Endpoint Protection, you can remove Trojan.Upatre with our Breach Remediation tool (MBBR).

1. Log into your My Account page and copy your license key. The key is needed to activate MBBR tool.
2. Open your Cloud console.
3. From a clean and safe machine, go to Endpoints > Add > Malwarebytes Breach Remediation. This will download the MBBR zip package.
4. Unzip the package.
5. Access a Windows command line prompt and issue the following commands:
   mbbr register –key:<prodkey>
   mbbr update
   Note: You must substitute your license key for <prodkey>.
6. Copy the MBBR folder to a flash drive.
7. From an infected, offline machine, copy the MBBR folder from the flash drive.
8. Start a scan using the following command:
   mbbr scan –full –ark –remove –noreboot
9. Refer to the Malwarebytes Breach Remediation Windows Administrator Guide for all supported scanning commands.

How to remove Trojan.Upatre with Malwarebytes Endpoint Security

You can use Malwarebytes Anti-Malware v1.80, which is included in your Malwarebytes Endpoint Security deployment to scan and remove {detection name}.

Option 1

1. Remove the infected endpoint from the network.
2. On the infected machine, right click the system tray icon and click on Start Scanner.
   
3. Select Perform full scan.
   
4. Click on Scan button.

Option 2

1. Open CMD
2. CD to C:\Program Files (x86)\Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware
3. Run mbamapi /scan –full –remove -reboot

Remediation

Malwarebytes can detect and remove Trojan.Upatre without further user interaction.

1. Please download Malwarebytes to your desktop.
2. Double-click mb3-setup-consumer-{version}.exe and follow the prompts to install the program.
3. Then click Finish.
4. Once the program has fully updated, select Scan Now on the Dashboard. Or select the Threat Scan from the Scan menu.
5. If another update of the definitions is available, it will be implemented before the rest of the scanning procedure.
6. When the scan is complete, make sure that All Threats are selected, and click Remove Selected.
7. Restart your computer when prompted to do so.

Associated threats

Aliases:

Trojan.Upatre.dl
Trojan.Upatre.e
Trojan.Upatre.Generic
Trojan.Upatre.it
Trojan,Upatre.ol