Troj/StartPa-HS

Category: Viruses and Spyware
Type: Trojan
Prevalence: Small Number of Reports

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Troj/StartPa-HS is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

When first run Troj/StartPa-HS copies itself to:

<Windows>\n0tepad.exe
<System>\n0tepad.exe
<Windows>\system\n0tepad.exe
<Windows>\system\Rund1132.exe

and creates the file <Windows>\system\windll.dll.

The following registry entry is created to run Rund1132.exe on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Rund1132.exe
<System>\Rund1132.exe

The following registry entry is set or modified, so that n0tepad.exe is run when files with extensions of TXT are opened/launched:

HKCR\txtfile\shell\open\command
(default)
N0TEPAD.EXE %1

Troj/StartPa-HS changes the Start Page for Microsoft Internet Explorer by setting the registry entry:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Start Page

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