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Troj/SpamThru-K

Aliases
  • Backdoor.Win32.Agent.uu
  • Spam-DComServ.dr
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from December 2006 (4.12)
Protection available since 25 October 2006 21:43:15 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

Troj/SpamThru-K is a backdoor Trojan which allows a remote intruder to gain access and control over the computer.

Troj/SpamThru-K can be used to send unsolicited emails as specified by a remote user. Troj/SpamThru-K is a backdoor Trojan which allows a remote intruder to gain access and control over the computer.

Troj/SpamThru-K can be used to send unsolicited emails as specified by a remote user.

The following registry entry is created to run Troj/SpamThru-K on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Explorer 2238
<pathname of the Trojan executable>

The following registry entries are created to run code exported by the Trojan libraries on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Explorer\SharedTaskScheduler
{2C1CD3D7-86AC-4068-93BC-A02304BB2238}
DCOM Server 2238

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ ShellServiceObjectDelayLoad
DCOM Server 2238
{2C1CD3D7-86AC-4068-93BC-A02304BB2238}

The Troj/SpamThru-K is registered as a COM object, creating registry entries under:

HKCR\CLSID\{2C1CD3D7-86AC-4068-93BC-A02304BB2238}

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