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Troj/Bdoor-AMI

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 1 July 2008 20:34:17 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

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

When first run, Troj/Bdoor-AMI copies itself to <System>\wupdmng.exe.

Troj/Bdoor-AMI attempts to connect to an external site, and also acts as a backdoor server, allowing others to connect to the infected computer.

The following registry entry is created to start Troj/Bdoor-AMI when Windows boots:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
WindowsUpdateManager
<System>\wupdmng.exe

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