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Troj/Alpha-H

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 31 July 2008 20:05:01 (GMT)
Last updated 11 September 2008 20:45:52 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/Alpha-H is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

When Troj/Alpha-H is installed the following files are created:

<Windows>\inform.dat
<System>\ritz8.dll
<System>\xd.txt

The following registry entry is created to run ritz8.dll on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{9988775D-4368-4857-871A-D01D66CA3A71}
StubPath
rundll32 ritz8.dll,InitO

The file ritz8.dll is registered as a COM object and Browser Helper Object (BHO) for Microsoft Internet Explorer, creating registry entries under:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{930247B4-16BE-48d2-87DD-86D7FB314639}
HKCR\CLSID\{930247B4-16BE-48d2-87DD-86D7FB314639}

The following registry entries are set, disabling system software:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
DisableTaskMgr
1

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
DisableRegistryTools
1

The following registry entry is set:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
Enable Browser Extensions
yes

Registry entries are created under:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\MRSoft

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