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Troj/Haxdoor-AJ

Aliases
  • Rootkit.Win32.VR.a
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Drops more malware
  • Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from November 2005 (3.99)
Protection available since 16 September 2005 21:45:45 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

Troj/Haxdoor-AJ is a backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/Haxdoor-AJ allows a remote attacker to run arbitrary commands. The Trojan may download and run further malicious code.

The Trojan uses stealthing techniques to avoid being terminated. Troj/Haxdoor-AJ is a backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/Haxdoor-AJ allows a remote attacker to run arbitrary commands. The Trojan may download and run further malicious code.

The Trojan uses stealthing techniques to avoid being terminated.

When Troj/Haxdoor-AJ is installed the following files are created:

<System>\msrdr2.sys
<System>\rdrVR2.dll

The file msrdr2.sys is detected as Troj/Haxdor-Gen since version 3.93.

The following registry entries are created to run code exported by rdrVR2.dll on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify\rdrVR2
DllName
rdrVR2.dll

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify\rdrVR2
Startup
rdrVR2

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify\rdrVR2
Impersonate
1

The file msrdr2.sys is registered as a new system driver service named "msrdr2", with a display name of "IP correction service". Registry entries are created under:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\msrdr2\

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