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Troj/Bifrose-CW

Aliases
  • Backdoor.Win32.Bifrose.cw
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 5 October 2005 08:47:23 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

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

Troj/Bifrose-CW contains functionality to monitor users' activities. The Trojan may inject its code into a running process in order to hide from the user.

When first run Troj/Bifrose-CW copies itself to <System>\QuickUpdate.exe.

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

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
QuickTimeUpdate
<Path of the Trojan>

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
QuickTimeUpdate
<Path of the Trojan>

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
QuickTimeUpdate
<Path of the Trojan>

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