Sophos

Troj/Haxdoor-DG

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 2006 (4.11)
Protection available since 10 October 2006 13:16:13 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

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

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

<System>\kgctini.dat
<System>\lps.dat
<System>\qo.dll
<System>\qo.sys
<System>\ycsvgd.sys
<System>\ydsvgd.dll
<System>\ydsvgd.sys

The files qo.dll, qo.sys, ycsvgd.sys, ydsvgd.dll and ydsvgd.sys are detected as Troj/Haxdor-Fam.

The dat files are data files and can safely be deleted.

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

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

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify\ydsvgd
Startup
XWD33Sifix

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

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

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ycsvgd\

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