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Troj/Bckdr-QMS

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 28 March 2008 18:22:49 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

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

When first run Troj/Bckdr-QMS copies itself to <System>\wcbi.exe and creates the file <System>\iaxcfg32.dll, which is a data file and can be safely deleted.

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

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
MSMSGNER
<System>\wcbi.exe

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