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Troj/Dropper-TN

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 1 February 2008 11:11:40 (GMT)
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More Information

Troj/Dropper-TN is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

When first run the Trojan copies itself to <System>\msrs.exe and creates the file <Root>\p. This file is detected as Mal/EncPk-BW.

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

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{C0FB7D08-D593-85A4-45E2-7A20A3430056}
StubPath
<System>\msrs.exe

Registry entries are created under:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSAX

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