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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Included in our products from | January 2007 (4.13) |
| Protection available since | 26 November 2006 16:30:49 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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Troj/NtRootK-AX is a backdoor Trojan with rootkit functionality. When run Troj/NtRootK-AX creates a service with a name identical to the base filename of the Trojan file.
Troj/NtRootK-AX installs two drivers, xHide.sys and GxNdisHook.sys. The purpose of the drivers is to hide the presence of malicious files, registry entries and TCP ports used by malware.
Troj/NtRootK-AX provides the attacker with an interface for the remote control over the machine.
