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Troj/Cosiam-G

Aliases
  • Trojan-Proxy.Win32.Small.bo
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 17 April 2006 05:39:51 (GMT)
Cleanup available since April 2006
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Action

More Information

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

Troj/Cosiam-G includes functionality to access the internet and communicate with a remote server via HTTP. Troj/Cosiam-G is a backdoor Trojan which allows a remote intruder to gain access and control over the computer.

Troj/Cosiam-G includes functionality to access the internet and communicate with a remote server via HTTP.

When first run Troj/Cosiam-G copies itself to <System>\eventwvr.exe and creates the file <System>\bin29a.log.

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

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
eventwvr
<System>\eventwvr.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
eventwvr
<System>\eventwvr.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
eventwvr
<System>\eventwvr.exe

Registry entries are created under:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\

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