Troj/SrchSpy-A

Category: Viruses and Spyware
Type: Trojan
Prevalence: No Reports

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Troj/SrchSpy-A is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/SrchSpy-A monitors Internet Explorer activity, and may retrieve information about browsing habits as well as inspecting and modifying search queries.

When first run, Troj/SrchSpy-A creates the following files:

<Windows system folder>\IEFilter.dll
<Windows system folder>\MSIEHelper.dll
<Windows system folder>\Service.exe

On NT based systems, Service.exe is registered as a service with a display name of Service, creating registry entries under the following:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Service\

The following registry entry is created to run code exported by the Trojan IEFilter.dll:

HKCR\CLSID\{B9D06F5B-5BF3-4BC5-A58F-D1CD948478CE}\InprocServer32
<Windows system folder>\IEFilter.dll

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ShellServiceObjectDelayLoad
IEFilter
{B9D06F5B-5BF3-4BC5-A58F-D1CD948478CE}

Registry entries are also created under:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Filter\

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