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Troj/AntiAV-C

Aliases
  • Trojan.Win32.AntiAV.ak
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Protection available since 11 June 2008 11:12:34 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/AntiAV-C is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/AntiAV-C runs continuously in the background, providing a backdoor server which allows a remote intruder to gain access and control over the computer via IRC channels.

When first run Troj/AntiAV-C copies itself to <Windows>\wksvcsc.exe.

The following registry entry is created to run wksvcsc.exe on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Windows UDP Control Services
wksvcsc.exe

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