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Troj/DumarDl-A

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 19 July 2005 10:29:03 (GMT)
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More Information

Troj/DumarDl-A is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/DumarDl-A includes functionality to silently download, install and run new software.

When Troj/DumarDl-A is installed the following files are created:

<Windows>\svchost.exe - also detected as Troj/DumarDl-A
<System>\zksdfnsuidfsdiu.jhk - this file may be deleted

The file svchost.exe is registered as a new system driver service named "moto", with a display name of "svchost.exe" and a startup type of automatic, so that it is started automatically during system startup. Registry entries are created under:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\moto\

Troj/DumarDl-A may also create the following registry entry to run itself on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Auto Update
<Windows>\svchost.exe

Registry entries are set as follows:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Hardware Profiles\0001\Software\Microsoft\windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
ProxyEnable
1

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Hardware Profiles\Current\Software\Microsoft\windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
ProxyEnable
1

Troj/DumarDl-A attempts to download a file from a remote website and run it. At the time of writing, this file is detected by Sophos as Troj/Dumaru-BO.

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