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Troj/Agent-GXN

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 30 April 2008 23:27:48 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

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

<User>\cftmon.exe
<System>\drivers\spools.exe

and creates the following files:

<User>\ftp34.dll - also detected as Troj/Agent-GXN
<System>\ftp34.dll - also detected as Troj/Agent-GXN

The following registry entries are created to run cftmon.exe and spools.exe on startup:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
ntuser
<System>\drivers\spools.exe

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
autoload
<User>\cftmon.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
ntuser
<System>\drivers\spools.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
autoload
<User>\cftmon.exe

The following registry entry is set or modified, so that cftmon.exe is run when files with extensions of EXE are opened/launched:

HKCR\exefile\shell\open\command
(default)
<User>\cftmon.exe "%1" %*

The file spools.exe is registered as a service named "Schedule" (replacing any existing services named "Schedule"). Registry entries are created or modified under:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Schedule

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