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Troj/Bifrose-C

Aliases
  • Backdoor.Win32.Bifrose.d
  • BackDoor-CEP
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Drops more malware
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 9 December 2005 15:34:29 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/Bifrose-C is a backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.

When first run Troj/Bifrose-C copies itself to <System>\goot.exe and creates the following files:

<System>\god.sys
<System>\ranx.dll

The files god.sys and ranx.dll are detected as Troj/Hackvan-A.

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

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
IEXPLORE.EXE
<System>\goot.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\(CLSID)
stubpath
<System>\goot.exe s

The file god.sys is registered as a new system driver service named "VANTI", with a display name of "VANTI" and a startup type of automatic, so that it is started automatically during system startup. Registry entries are created under:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\VANTI\

Registry entries are created under:

HKCU\Software\Wget\

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