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Troj/Domcom-A

Aliases
  • Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Domcom.a
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 24 January 2005 14:35:15 (GMT)
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Action

Please follow the instructions for removing Trojans.

Windows NT/2000/XP/2003

In Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 you will also need to edit the following registry entry. The removal of this entry is optional in Windows 95/98/Me. Please read the warning about editing the registry.

At the taskbar, click Start|Run. Type 'Regedit' and press Return. The registry editor opens.

Before you edit the registry, you should make a backup. On the 'Registry' menu, click 'Export Registry File'. In the 'Export range' panel, click 'All', then save your registry as Backup.

Locate the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE entry:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
loader32
<windows>\loader_exe.dll

and delete it if it exists.

Close the registry editor.

More Information

Troj/Domcom-A is a downloading Trojan.

The Trojan downloads configuration data from a predetermined website to a file TASK32.DAT in the Windows folder. The Trojan then downloads and runs further malware from addresses contained in this data.

Troj/Domcom-A drops a component of itself in the Windows folder as LOADER_EXE.DLL and creates the following registry in order to run itself on system startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
loader32
<windows>\loader_exe.dll

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