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Troj/Bckdr-PNN

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from December 2006 (4.12)
Protection available since 2 November 2006 07:40:49 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

Troj/Bckdr-PNN is a backdoor Trojan which allows a remote intruder to gain access and control over the computer.

When run Troj/Bckdr-PNN creates the following files:
<System>\msxml12.dll - this file can be deleted
<System>\tdll.dll - detected as Troj/Bckdr-PNN
<System>\webvw32.dll - detected as Troj/Bckdr-PNN

Registry entries are created under the following entry to run Troj/Bckdr-PNN on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify\Webvw32

Troj/Bckdr-PNN includes functionality to:

- download code from the internet and run them
- act as a proxy redirecting internet traffic

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