Troj/StartPa-NK

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

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

When first run, Troj/StartPa-NK copies itself to the Windows system folder and creates the following registry entry in order to run each time a user logs on:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\
kalvsys
"<Windows system folder>\kalvkmi32.exe"

The following registry entries are also created:

HKCU\Software\LQ\
<several entries>

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Elitum\
<several entries>

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DownloadManager\
<several entries>

HKLM\SOFTWARE\ohbbackup\
<several entries>

The Trojan can harvest information and send it to a remote user via HTTP.

Troj/StartPa-NK may also attempt to download and execute arbitrary files.

The Trojan modifies the storage locations used by Internet Explorer for temporary files, cached pages and cookies.

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