Threat Encyclopedia

Selected viruses, spyware, and other threats: sorted alphabetically

Installation

When executed, the trojan copies itself in the %windir% folder using one of the following filenames:

svchost.exe
service32.exe

Another file is dropped in the same folder. Its filename may be one of the following:

scrss32.dll
spoolsv32.dll
syshost.dll
syst32.dll

Size of the file is approximately 5 kB.

 

In order to be executed on every system start, the trojan modifies the following Registry key:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer\Run]

 

The entry added contains path to trojan executable.

 

Other information

The trojan contains a list of URLs. It opens these using the Explorer.

 

The trojan may attempt to hide its presence in the system by modifying several functions of the following library:

ntdll.dll