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Troj/Dloader-KF

Aliases
  • Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Agent.kz
  • Downloader-WY
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 31 March 2005 13:15:17 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/Dloader-KF is a downloader Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/Dloader-KF will copy itself to the Windows system folder as IExplorer.exe and faxcomdos.exe. The Trojan will also drop two harmless files, <Windows folder>\msfport.dll and <Windows system folder>\wincontxt.dll.

Troj/Dloader-KF will then contact a predefined URL to download and execute files.

Troj/Dloader-KF will create the following registry entry:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run
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"<Windows system folder>\faxcomdos.exe"

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