Troj/FakeVir-PU

Category: Viruses and Spyware Protection available since:04 Nov 2009 18:18:27 (GMT)
Type: Trojan Last Updated:04 Nov 2009 18:18:27 (GMT)
Prevalence: Small Number of Reports

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Troj/FakeVir-PU communicates via HTTP with the following locations:

   91 . 212 . 127 . 226


When Troj/FakeVir-PU is installed it copies itself to
<Program Files>\<six random letters>\<four random letters>sysguard.exe

The following registry entries are created to run swsysysguard.exe on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
<eight random letters>
<Program Files>\<six random letters>\<four random letters>sysguard.exe

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
<eight random letters>
<Program Files>\<six random letters>\<four random letters>sysguard.exe

Registry entries are set as follows:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Download
CheckExeSignatures
no

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Download
RunInvalidSignatures
0x00000001

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Associations
LowRiskFileTypes
.exe

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Attachments
SaveZoneInformation
0x00000001

Registry entries are created under:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\AvScan

The following registry entry is deleted:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows
AppInit_DLLs

Troj/FakeVir-PU alters the local hosts file to redirect internet traffic.

Troj/FakeVir-PU drops <System>\iehelper.dll which is detected as Troj/FakeSp-Gen.

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