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Troj/Bdoor-LV

Aliases
  • Backdoor.Win32.Webdor.ah
  • BackDoor-CGZ
  • Trojan.Natspammer
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 3 November 2005 10:53:29 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

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

Troj/Bdoor-LV includes functionality to access the internet and communicate with a remote server via HTTP.

When first run Troj/Bdoor-LV copies itself to <Windows>\timed.exe and creates the following files:

<CurrentFolder>\dcat.log
<Windows>\wints.ini

These files may be safely deleted.

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

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Timer
<Windows>\timed.exe /i

Troj/Bdoor-LV includes functionality to:

- download files from the internet and run them
- make changes to the registry

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