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Mal/MDrop-S

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
  • Opens links to websites
Protection available since 26 November 2009 01:53:09 (GMT)
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More Information

Mal/MDrop-S is a malicious program for the Windows platform.

When first run Mal/MDrop-S copies itself to:
 <Program Files>\<random>\<random>.exe

and creates the file:

<Windows>\<random>.log.

The file <random>.exe is registered as a new system driver service with a startup type of automatic so that it is started automatically during system startup.

Registry entries are created under:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\<random>

The following registry entry is modified:

KHCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft \Explorer\Main\

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