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Troj/Agent-ELX

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Drops more malware
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 1 April 2007 05:53:02 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/Agent-ELX is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/Agent-ELX includes functionality to access the internet and communicate with a remote server via HTTP.

When first run Troj/Agent-ELX copies itself to:

\rising.exe
<System>\19e7e238.exe

and creates the following files:

\autorun.inf
<System>\19e7e238.dll
<System>\delme.bat

The file 19E7E238.EXE is registered as a new service named "19E7E238", with a display name of "19E7E238". Registry entries are created under:

HKCU\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\19E7E238

The file 19E7E238.EXE is registered as a new system driver service named "19E7E238", with a display name of "19E7E238" and a startup type of automatic, so that it is started automatically during system startup. Registry entries are created under:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\19E7E238

The following registry entry is set:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL
CheckedValue
0

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