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Troj/Bkdoor-H

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 11 April 2008 10:28:10 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/Bkdoor-H is a Trojan with IRC backdoor functionality for the Windows platform.

Troj/Bkdoor-H runs continuously in the background, providing a backdoor server which allows a remote intruder to gain access and control over the computer via IRC channels.

When first run Troj/Bkdoor-H copies itself to <System>\mdm.exe.

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

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Windows Networking Monitoring
<System>\mdm.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Windows Networking Monitoring
<System>\mdm.exe

The following registry entry is set:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Ole
EnableDCOM
N

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