Trojan.Egguard.PrxySvrRST

Short bio

Trojan.Egguard.PrxySvrRST is Malwarebytes’ detection name for a type of Trojan that injects downloaded JavaScript (JS) files into browser sessions.

Type and source of infection

Trojan.Egguard.PrxySvrRST sets a proxy accompanied with a false SSL certificate to perform a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack.

The installer for this Trojan was included in bundlers.

Proxy settings by Trojan.Egguard.PrxySvrRST

Protection

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

Malwarebytes blocks Trojan.Egguard

As well as the Anti-Exploit module:

Malwarebytes blocks the Trojan.Egguard exploit

Remediation

Malwarebytes can detect and remove Trojan.Egguard.PrxySvrRST without further user interaction.

1. Please download Malwarebytes to your desktop.
2. Double-click MBSetup.exe and follow the prompts to install the program.
3. When your Malwarebytes for Windows installation completes, the program opens to the Welcome to Malwarebytes screen.
4. Click on the Get started button.
5. Click Scan to start a Threat Scan.
6. Click Quarantine to remove the found threats.
7. Reboot the system if prompted to complete the removal process.

Malwarebytes removes the proxy completely, so if you were using a proxy before the infection, this will have to be reset.

Traces/IOCs

Associated folder:

• %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Network\Dsq