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Troj/Dload-Z

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Drops more malware
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 26 November 2007 04:23:26 (GMT)
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More Information

Troj/Dload-Z is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

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

When first run Troj/Dload-Z copies itself to <System>\ldr.exe and creates the following files:

<System>\drivers\ntosnh.sys
<System>\drivers\ntoss.sys

The file ntosnh.sys is detected as Troj/DwnLdr-GYV and the file ntoss.sys is detected as Mal/Generic-A.

The following registry entry is changed to run ldr.exe on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Userinit
<System>\userinit.exe,<System>\ldr.exe

The file ntosnh.sys is registered as a new system driver service named "ntosnh.sys", with a display name of "ntosnh.sys". Registry entries are created under:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ntosnh.sys

The file ntoss.sys is registered as a new system driver service named "ntoss.sys", with a display name of "ntoss.sys". Registry entries are created under:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ntoss.sys

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