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Troj/Lager-K

Aliases
  • Trojan-Proxy.Win32.Lager.di
  • PAK_Generic.001
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from November 2006 (4.11)
Protection available since 18 September 2006 20:45:55 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

Troj/Lager-K is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/Lager-K includes functionality to access the internet and communicate with
a remote server via HTTP. Troj/Lager-K is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/Lager-K includes functionality to access the internet and communicate with
a remote server via HTTP.

When first run Troj/Lager-K copies itself to <Windows system folder>\taskdir.exe and creates the following files:

<Windows system folder>\taskdir.dll
<Windows system folder>\zlbw.dll

The file taskdir.dll is detected as Troj/HideDl-A. The file zlbw.dll is not malicious.

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

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
taskdir
<Windows system folder>\taskdir.exe

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