[Tigzy]

Hello

No problem to detect XP code and to find Vista / 7 code.
But I don't found a tip to differentiate Vista / 7 MBR. Someone knows a way to do so?
If not, this is not so important as the main information is to identify legit bootstrap...

[EP_X0FF]

Get two mbr dumps from the machines with same disk, same disk configuration. First running Vista, second 7. Do file compare to see difference.

[Tigzy]

Hello

Does someone got a good link with TDL4 bootstrap analysis?

[rkhunter]

What exactly you want to see in that code? How it loads the main loader?

[Tigzy]

I'm trying to identify a signature that could be used to detect these infected MBR.
So would have an analysis to know exactly that code does.

[EP_X0FF]

It's ROR decryption loop is perfectly fits for easy signature.

[Tigzy]

Hello EP_X0FF! How are you?

I saw on several docs it was encrypting its most bootstrap part. The sample I got does not encrypt it.... Stunning.
Here's the dump I use. I must say for the moment I haven't enough samples for cross comparison. If some of you have some dumps to provide...

(renamed to .txt, but it's raw data)

TDSS.txt

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EDIT: found a good paper: http://danuxx.blogspot.com/2011/03/tdss ... art-1.html

[rkhunter]

It's ROR decryption loop is perfectly fits for easy signature.

For easy yes, but you sure that it will be identify only TDL4 mbrs?

[Tigzy]

so the best I can do here is to get the ROR args, use them to decrpt the rest of the MBR, and check for INT13h calls (with 42h / 48h args) ?
Seems my dump is an old (?) version wich was not encrypt its mbr. I can recognize the hook procedure

[EP_X0FF]

It's ROR decryption loop is perfectly fits for easy signature.

For easy yes, but you sure that it will be identify only TDL4 mbrs?

Yes, if you execute this code it will decrypt "ldr16". I doubt something like this exists anywhere else except infected machines.

Seems my dump is an old (?) version wich was not encrypt its mbr.

This is MaxSS MBR, not TDL4.