Sophos

Troj/Maran-Z

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 May 2007 (4.17)
Protection available since 10 April 2007 07:27:55 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

Troj/Maran-Z is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

When Troj/Maran-Z is installed the following files are created:

<Windows>\smss.exe - Detected as Troj/Maran-Z.
<System>\ou6viewer.dll - Detected as Troj/Maran-Z.

The file <Windows>\smss.exe is registered as a new system driver service named "NETDown", with a display name of "Card Adapter" and a startup type of automatic, so that it is started automatically during system startup. Registry entries are created under:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NETDown

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