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Troj/Bdoor-ACX

Aliases
  • Backdoor.Win32.Masot.a
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 11 March 2007 05:37:49 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/Bdoor-ACX is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

When run, Troj/Bdoor-ACX copies itself as \WinLoaderXP.exe, setting
the following registry entry to hook system startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
GenericHostXP
<Windows>\WinLoaderXP.exe

Once running, Troj/Bdoor-ACX sends notification via email to its author,
reporting the IP of the victim. Troj/Bdoor-ACX contains code to connect to a
remote server and download code, in order to self-update.

Troj/Bdoor-ACX logs to the following file:

<Windows>\troya.log (may be safely deleted)

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