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Troj/Bckdr-PUQ

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 15 December 2006 07:16:21 (GMT)
Last updated 20 May 2007 05:35:05 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/Bckdr-PUQ is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

When run Troj/Bckdr-PUQ copies itself to <Windows>\scvhost.exe and creates the following registry entries to run itself on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
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<Windows>\SCVHOST.exe

Registry entry changes may also be made under:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\IEXPLORE.EXE\
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\wmplayer.exe\
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Start Page\

Troj/Bckdr-PUQ includes functionality to download code from a remote website.

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