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Troj/NtRootK-AX

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from January 2007 (4.13)
Protection available since 26 November 2006 16:30:49 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

More Information

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.

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