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Troj/Agent-GZK

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 14 May 2008 13:44:59 (GMT)
Last updated 6 June 2008 14:30:58 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/Agent-GZK attempts to edit websites to promote a target website.

Troj/Agent-GZK consists of three components:

<System>\jdk-1_5_0_19-windows-i391-pp\jav.bat
<System>\jdk-1_5_0_19-windows-i391-pp\js.exe
<System>\jdk-1_5_0_19-windows-i391-pp\dc.class

The files js.exe and dc.class are both detected as Troj/Agent-GZK.

Troj/Agent-GZK installs itself in the registry so it autoruns at startup with the following registry entries:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
"Java (VM) v6.9"
"C:\WINDOWS\System32\jdk-1_5_0_19-windows-i391-pp\jav.bat"

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
"Java (VM) v6.9"
"C:\WINDOWS\System32\jdk-1_5_0_19-windows-i391-pp\jav.bat"


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