Sophos

Troj/NetAtk-Gen

Aliases
  • Backdoor.Win32.Zosu.a
  • Proxy-ProxList
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 December 2006 (4.12)
Protection available since 2 November 2006 07:40:49 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

Troj/NetAtk-Gen is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/NetAtk-Gen runs continuously in the background allowing a remote intruder to gain access and control over the computer.

When Troj/NetAtk-Gen is installed the following files are created:

<System>\drivers\ndisfilter.sys
<System>\pfplg<3 letters>.dll

The file ndisfilter.sys is detected as Troj/NTRootK-AT and is used by the Trojan to hide the existence of the plugin dll (pfplg<3 letters>.dll).

The file ndisfilter.sys is registered as a new system driver service named "NdisFilter", with a display name of "NdisFilter" and a startup type of automatic, so that it is started automatically during system startup. Registry entries are created under:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NdisFilter\

Troj/NetAtk-Gen has a plugin architecture allowing other malicious 'plugin' components to be loaded and used remotely.

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