Sophos

Sophos blogs

Troj/BeastDo-Y

Aliases
  • BackDoor-CMI
  • Backdoor.Win32.DarkMoon.am
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 28 June 2005 22:33:34 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products
  • Free virus, spyware, and adware scan
  • Test your existing anti-virus protection
  • Find threats your anti-virus missed

Action

More Information

Troj/BeastDo-Y is a backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.

When first run Troj/BeastDo-Y copies itself to:

<Windows system folder>\expl0rer.exe
<Windows system folder>\sp00lsv.exe

and creates the following files:

<Windows system folder>\mydll.dll (also detected as Troj/BeastDo-Y)
<Windows system folder>\pztrain.exe (clean)
<Windows system folder>\win32log.dat (clean)

The following registry entry is created to run expl0rer.exe on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
EXPLORER
EXPL0RER.EXE

Troj/BeastDo-Y connects to a preconfigured IP address and awaits further instructions.

RSS|Atom
Get reports about the latest virus and spyware threats delivered to your computer