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Troj/DNSChan-K

Aliases
  • DNSChanger.a
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 22 December 2005 14:54:59 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/DNSChan-K is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

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

When installed Troj/DNSChan-K moves itself to the <System>\hgqhp.exe.

The following registry entry is created to run hgqhp.exe on startup:

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

Troj/DNSChan-K inserts itself into the MS Internet Explorer process space.

Troj/DNSChan-K also attempts to modify DNS settings on the computer.

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