Sophos

Troj/Bdoor-IS

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 27 June 2005 07:10:09 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products
  • Endpoint Security and Control 9.0
  • Small business solutions 4.0

Action

More Information

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

When first run Troj/Bdoor-IS copies itself to <System>\spool.exe.

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

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Print Spooler
<System>\spool.exe

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