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Troj/Bifrose-AK

Aliases
  • BackDoor-CEP
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 29 July 2005 19:11:37 (GMT)
Last updated 2 August 2005 09:23:56 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

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

When first run Troj/Bifrose-AK copies itself to <Windows system folder>\Cell.exe and creates the file <Windows system folder>\plugin1.dat.

The following registry entries are created to run Cell.exe on startup:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
CEventMgr
<Windows system folder>\Cell.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{9B71D88C-C598-4935-C5D1-43AA4DB90836}
stubpath
<Windows system folder>\Cell.exe s

Registry entries are created under:

HKCU\Software\Wget\

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