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Troj/Dloadr-AQG

Aliases
  • Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Small.dxm
  • Win32/TrojanDownloader.Small.DXM
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 17 November 2006 21:57:59 (GMT)
Last updated 5 December 2006 06:16:56 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/Dloadr-AQG is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

When the Trojan is installed it creates the file <System>\ldcore.dll, which is also detected as Troj/Dloadr-AQG.

Troj/Dloadr-AQG attempts to inject ldcore.dll into every running process.

ldcore.dll includes functionality to access the internet and communicate with a remote server via HTTP, and to download, install and run new software.

Troj/Dloadr-AQG creates following registry entry, causing the Dll to be executed with system startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows\
AppInit_DLLs
<System>\ldcore.dll

The following registry entries are created or modified:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
ProxyEnable
0

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
EnableNegotiate
1

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