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Troj/Bckdr-QGN

Aliases
  • Win32/Diazom.J
  • Downloader-BBD
  • trojan
  • Backdoor.Win32.VanBot.bs
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
  • Opens links to websites
Protection available since 30 March 2007 19:54:56 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

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

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

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

<Startup>\mmedia.exe
<System>\rasman32.exe

The following registry entries are created to run rasman32.exe on startup:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
rasman
<System>\rasman32.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
rasman
<System>\rasman32.exe

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