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Troj/Bckdr-QF

Aliases
  • Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Agent.sc
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Drops more malware
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 13 January 2006 05:54:59 (GMT)
Last updated 1 February 2006 09:26:03 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/Bckdr-QF is a backdoor Trojan which allows a remote intruder to gain access and control over the computer.

Troj/Bckdr-QF includes functionality to access the internet and communicate with a remote server via HTTP. Troj/Bckdr-QF is a backdoor Trojan which allows a remote intruder to gain access and control over the computer.

Troj/Bckdr-QF includes functionality to access the internet and communicate with a remote server via HTTP.

When first run Troj/Bckdr-QF copies itself to:

<System>\ctfmon.exe
<System>\userinit.exe

and creates the following files:

<System>\raid.sys - detected by Sophos as Troj/NtRootK-O
<System>\twain.ini - detected by Sophos as Troj/Bckdr-QF
<System>\win_rar.dll - detected by Sophos as Troj/Bckdr-QF

The following registry entry is created to run Troj/Bckdr-QF on startup:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
CTFMON.EXE
<System>\ctfmon.exe

The following registry entry is changed to run userinit.exe on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Userinit
<System>\userinit.exe

(the default value for this registry entry is "<Windows>\System32\userinit.exe,").

The file raid.sys is registered as a new system driver service named "raid", with a display name of "raid". Registry entries are created under:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\raid\

The following registry entry is set:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
SFCDisable
ffffff9d

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