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Troj/Dremn-G

Aliases
  • Trojan.Win32.Dremn.a
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 12 January 2006 22:57:48 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/Dremn-G is a keylogging Trojan for the Windows platform.

The Trojan attempts to steal confidentional information including username, computer name and IP address.

When Troj/Dremn-G is installed the following files are created:

<System>\syscache\DrWatson32.exe
<System>\syscache\DrvWtsn32.dll

Both files are detected as Troj/Dremn-G.

The following registry entry is created to run DrWatson32.exe on startup:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
(default)
<System>\syscache\drwatson32.exe

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