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Troj/Bckdr-QHO

Aliases
  • Trojan.Win32.Crypt.g
  • BackDoor-DIX.dr
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 17 April 2007 07:06:21 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

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

When Troj/Bckdr-QHO is installed the following files are created:

<System>\ntio256.sys
<System>\protector.exe

The file ntio256.sys is detected as Troj/Agent-EYS.

The file protector.exe is also detected as Troj/Bckdr-QHO and includes functionality to access the internet and communicate with a remote server via HTTP.

The file ntio256.sys is registered as a new system driver service named "ntio256", with a display name of "Input and output operations" and a startup type of automatic, so that it is started automatically during system startup. Registry entries are created under:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ntio256

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_NTIO256

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